Antibodies to mitogenic oxygenases

ABSTRACT

The present invention relates to new genes encoding for the production of novel proteins involved in generation of reactive oxygen intermediates that affect cell division. The present invention also provides vectors containing these genes, cells transfected with these vectors, antibodies raised against these novel proteins, kits for detection, localization and measurement of these genes and proteins, and methods to determine the activity of drugs to affect the activity of the proteins of the present invention.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

[0001] This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 60/107,911, filed Nov. 10, 1998, U.S. Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 60/149,332, filed Aug. 17, 1999, and U.S. Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 60/151,242, filed Aug. 27, 1999. Each of the aforementioned patent applications is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.

[0002] The U.S. Government has a paid-up license in this invention and the right in limited circumstances to require the patent owner to license others on reasonable terms as provided for by the terms of National Institutes of Health grants HL38206 and HL58000.

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0003] The present invention relates to the field of normal and abnormal cell growth, in particular mitogenic regulation. The present invention provides the following: nucleotide sequences encoding for the production of enzymes that are mitogenic regulators; amino acid sequences of these enzymes; vectors containing these nucleotide sequences; methods for transfecting cells with vectors that produce these enzymes; transfected cells; methods for administering these transfected cells to animals to induce tumor formation; and antibodies to these enzymes that are useful for detecting and measuring levels of these enzymes, and for binding to cells possessing extracellular epitopes of these enzymes.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0004] Reactive oxygen intermediates (ROI) are partial reduction products of oxygen: 1 electron reduces O₂ to form superoxide (O₂ ⁻), and 2 electrons reduce O₂ to form hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂). ROI are generated as a byproduct of aerobic metabolism and by toxicological mechanisms. There is growing evidence for regulated enzymatic generation of O₂ ⁻ and its conversion to H₂O₂ in a variety of cells. The conversion of O₂ ⁻ to H₂O₂ occurs spontaneously, but is markedly accelerated by superoxide dismutase (SOD). High levels of ROI are associated with damage to biomolecules such as DNA, biomembranes and proteins. Recent evidence indicates generation of ROI under normal cellular conditions and points to signaling roles for O₂ ⁻ and H₂O₂.

[0005] Several biological systems generate reactive oxygen. Phagocytic cells such as neutrophils generate large quantities of ROI as part of their battery of bactericidal mechanisms. Exposure of neutrophils to bacteria or to various soluble mediators such as formyl-Met-Leu-Phe or phorbol esters activates a massive consumption of oxygen, termed the respiratory burst, to initially generate superoxide, with secondary generation of H₂O₂, HOCl and hydroxyl radical. The enzyme responsible for this oxygen consumption is the respiratory burst oxidase (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate-reduced form (NADPH) oxidase).

[0006] There is growing evidence for the generation of ROI by non-phagocytic cells, particularly in situations related to cell proliferation. Significant generation of H₂O₂, O₂ ⁻, or both have been noted in some cell types. Fibroblasts and human endothelial cells show increased release of superoxide in response to cytokines such as interleukin-1 or tumor necrosis factor (TNF) (Meier et al. (1989) Biochem J. 263, 539-545.; Matsubara et al. (1986) J. Immun. 137, 3295-3298). Ras-transformed fibroblasts show increased superoxide release compared with control fibroblasts (Irani, et al. (1997) Science 275, 1649-1652). Rat vascular smooth muscle cells show increased H₂O₂ release in response to PDGF (Sundaresan et al. (1995) Science 270, 296-299) and angiotensin II (Griendling et al. (1994) Circ. Res. 74, 1141-1148; Fukui et al. (1997) Circ. Res. 80, 45-51; Ushio-Fukai et al. (1996) J. Biol. Chem. 271, 23317-23321), and H₂O₂ in these cells is associated with increased proliferation rate. The occurrence of ROI in a variety of cell types is summarized in Table 1 (adapted from Burdon, R. (1995) Free Radical Biol. Med. 18, 775-794). TABLE 1 Superoxide Hydrogen Peroxide human fibroblasts Balb/3T3 cells human endothelial cells rat pancreatic islet cells human/rat smooth muscle cells murine keratinocytes human fat cells rabbit chondrocytes human osteocytes human tumor cells BHK-21 cells fat cells, 3T3 L1 cells human colonic epithelial cells

[0007] ROI generated by the neutrophil have a cytotoxic function. While ROI are normally directed at the invading microbe, ROI can also induce tissue damage (e.g., in inflammatory conditions such as arthritis, shock, lung disease, and inflammatory bowel disease) or may be involved in tumor initiation or promotion, due to damaging effects on DNA. Nathan (Szatrowski et al. (1991) Canc. Res. 51, 794-798) proposed that the generation of ROI in tumor cells may contribute to the hypermutability seen in tumors, and may therefore contribute to tumor heterogeneity, invasion and metastasis.

[0008] In addition to cytotoxic and mutagenic roles, ROI have ideal properties as signal molecules: 1) they are generated in a controlled manner in response to upstream signals; 2) the signal can be terminated by rapid metabolism of O₂ ⁻ and H₂O₂ by SOD and catalase/peroxidases; 3) they elicit downstream effects on target molecules, e.g., redox-sensitive regulatory proteins such as NF kappa B and AP-1 (Schreck et al. (1991) EMBO J. 10, 2247-2258; Schmidt et al. (1995) Chemistry & Biology 2, 13-22). Oxidants such as O₂ ⁻ and H₂O₂ have a relatively well defined signaling role in bacteria, operating via the SoxI/II regulon to regulate transcription.

[0009] ROI appear to have a direct role in regulating cell division, and may function as mitogenic signals in pathological conditions related to growth. These conditions include cancer and cardiovascular disease. O₂ ⁻ is generated in endothelial cells in response to cytokines, and might play a role in angiogenesis (Matsubara et al. (1986) J. Immun. 137, 3295-3298). O₂ ⁻ and H₂O₂ are also proposed to function as “life-signals”, preventing cells from undergoing apoptosis (Matsubara et al. (1986) J. Immun. 137, 3295-3298). As discussed above, many cells respond to growth factors (e.g., platelet derived growth factor (PDGF), epidermal derived growth factor (EGF), angiotensin II, and various cytokines) with both increased production of O₂ ⁻/H₂O₂ and increased proliferation. Inhibition of ROI generation prevents the mitogenic response. Exposure to exogenously generated. O₂ ⁻ and H₂O₂ results in an increase in cell proliferation. A partial list of responsive cell types is shown below in Table 2 (adapted from Burdon, R. (1995) Free Radical Biol. Med. 18, 775-794). TABLE 2 Superoxide Hydrogen peroxide human, hamster fibroblasts mouse osteoblastic cells Balb/3T3 cells Balb/3T3 cells human histiocytic leukemia rat, hamster fibroblasts mouse epidermal cells human smooth muscle cells rat colonic epithelial cells rat vascular smooth muscle cells rat vascular smooth muscle cells

[0010] While non-transformed cells can respond to growth factors and cytokines with the production of ROI, tumor cells appear to produce ROI in an uncontrolled manner. A series of human tumor cells produced large amounts of hydrogen peroxide compared with non-tumor cells (Szatrowski et al. (1991) Canc. Res. 51, 794-798). Ras-transformed NIH 3T3 cells generated elevated amounts of superoxide, and inhibition of superoxide generation by several mechanisms resulted in a reversion to a “normal” growth phenotype.

[0011] O₂ ⁻ has been implicated in maintenance of the transformed phenotype in cancer cells including melanoma, breast carcinoma, fibrosarcoma, and virally transformed tumor cells. Decreased levels of the manganese form of SOD (MnSOD) have been measured in cancer cells and in vitro-transformed cell lines, predicting increased O₂ ⁻ levels (Burdon, R. (1995) Free Radical Biol. Med. 18, 775-794). MnSOD is encoded on chromosome 6q25 which is very often lost in melanoma. Overexpression of MnSOD in melanoma and other cancer cells (Church et al. (1993) Proc. of Natl. Acad. Sci. 90, 3113-3117; Fernandez-Pol et al. (1982) Canc. Res. 42, 609-617; Yan et al. (1996) Canc. Res. 56, 2864-2871) resulted in suppression of the transformed phenotype.

[0012] ROI are implicated in growth of vascular smooth muscle associated with hypertension, atherosclerosis, and restenosis after angioplasty. O₂ ⁻ generation is seen in rabbit aortic adventitia (Pagano et al. (1997) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 94, 14483-14488). Vascular endothelial cells release O₂ ⁻ in response to cytokines (Matsubara et al. (1986) J. Immun. 137, 3295-3298). O₂ ⁻ is generated by aortic smooth muscle cells in culture, and increased O₂ ⁻ generation is stimulated by angiotensin II which also induces cell hypertrophy. In a rat model system, infusion of angiotensin II leads to hypertension as well as increased O₂ ⁻ generation in subsequently isolated aortic tissue (Ushio-Fukai et al. (1996) J. Biol. Chem. 271, 23317-23321.; Yu et al. (1997) J. Biol. Chem. 272, 27288-27294). Intravenous infusion of a form of SOD that localizes to the vasculature or an infusion of an O₂ ⁻ scavenger prevented angiotensin II induced hypertension and inhibited ROI generation (Fukui et al. (1997) Circ. Res. 80, 45-51).

[0013] The neutrophil NADPH oxidase, also known as phagocyte respiratory burst oxidase, provides a paradigm for the study of the specialized enzymatic ROI-generating system. This extensively studied enzyme oxidizes NADPH and reduces oxygen to form O₂ ⁻. NADPH oxidase consists of multiple proteins and is regulated by assembly of cytosolic and membrane components. The catalytic moiety consists of flavocytochrome b₅₅₈, an integral plasma membrane enzyme comprised of two components: gp91phox (gp refers to glycoprotein; phox is an abbreviation of the words phagocyte and oxidase) and p22phox (p refers to protein). gp91phox contains 1 flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) and 2 hemes as well as the NADPH binding site. p22phox has a C-terminal proline-rich sequence which serves as a binding site for cytosolic regulatory proteins. The two cytochrome subunits, gp91phox and p22phox appear to stabilize one another, since the genetic absence of either subunit, as in the inherited disorder chronic granulomatous disease (CGD), results in the absence of the partner subunit (Yu et al. (1997) J. Biol. Chem. 272, 27288-27294). Essential cytosolic proteins include p47phox, p67phox and the small GTPase Rac, of which there are two isoforms. p47phox and p67phox both contain SH₃ regions and proline-rich regions which participate in protein interactions governing assembly of the oxidase components during activation. The neutrophil enzyme is regulated in response to bacterial phagocytosis or chemotactic signals by phosphorylation of p47phox, and perhaps other components, as well as by guanine nucleotide exchange to activate the GTP-binding protein Rac.

[0014] The origin of ROI in non-phagocytic tissues is unproven, but the occurrence of phagocyte oxidase components has been evaluated in several systems by immunochemical methods, Northern blots and reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). The message for p22phox is expressed widely, as is that for Rac1. Several cell types that are capable of O₂ ⁻ generation have been demonstrated to contain all of the phox components including gp91phox, as summarized below in Table 3. These cell types include endothelial cells, aortic adventitia and lymphocytes. TABLE 3 Tissue gp91phox p22phox p47phox p67phox neutrophil +^(1,2) +^(1,2) +^(1,2) +^(1,2) aortic adventitia +¹ +¹ +¹ +¹ lymphocytes +² +² +^(1,2) +^(1,2) endothelial cells +² +² +^(1,2) +^(1,2) glomerular mesangial — +^(1,2) +^(1,2) +^(1,2) cells fibroblasts — +² +^(1,2) +² aortic sm. muscle — +^(1,2) ? ?

[0015] However, a distinctly different pattern is seen in several other cell types shown in Table 3 including glomerular mesangial cells, rat aortic smooth muscle and fibroblasts. In these cells, expression of gp91phox is absent while p22phox and in some cases cytosolic phox components have been demonstrated to be present. Since gp91phox and p22phox stabilize one another in the neutrophil, there has been much speculation that some molecule, possibly related to gp91phox, accounts for ROI generation in glomerular mesangial cells, rat aortic smooth muscle and fibroblasts (Ushio-Fukai et al. (1996) J. Biol. Chem. 271, 23317-23321). Investigation of fibroblasts from a patient with a genetic absence of gp91phox provides proof that the gp91phox subunit is not involved in ROI generation in these cells (Emmendorffer et al. (1993) Eur. J. Haematol. 51, 223-227). Depletion of p22phox from vascular smooth muscle using an antisense approach indicated that this subunit participates in ROI generation in these cells, despite the absence of detectable gp91phox (Ushio-Fukai et al. (1996) J. Biol. Chem. 271, 23317-23321). At this time the molecular candidates possibly related to gp91phox and involved in ROI generation in these cells are unknown.

[0016] Accordingly, what is needed is the identity of the proteins involved in ROI generation, especially in non-phagocytic tissues and cells. What is also needed are the nucleotide sequences encoding for these proteins, and the primary sequences of the proteins themselves. Also needed are vectors designed to include nucleotides encoding for these proteins. Probes and PCR primers derived from the nucleotide sequence are needed to detect, localize and measure nucleotide sequences, including mRNA, involved in the synthesis of these proteins. In addition, what is needed is a means to transfect cells with these vectors. What is also needed are expression systems for production of these molecules. Also needed are antibodies directed against these molecules for a variety of uses including localization, detection, measurement and passive immunization.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0017] The present invention solves the problems described above by providing a novel family of nucleotide sequences and proteins encoded by these nucleotide sequences termed mox proteins and duox proteins. In particular the present invention provides compositions comprising the nucleotide sequences SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 3, SEQ ID NO: 22, SEQ ID NO: 41, SEQ ID NO: 45, SEQ ID NO: 47, and fragments thereof, which encode for the expression of proteins comprising SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 21, SEQ ID NO: 42, SEQ ID NO: 46, SEQ ID NO: 48, respectively, and fragments thereof. While not wanting to be bound by the following statement, it is believed that these proteins are involved in ROI production. The present invention also provides vectors containing these nucleotide sequences, cells transfected with these vectors which produce the proteins comprising SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 21, SEQ ID NO: 42, SEQ ID NO: 46, SEQ ID NO: 48, and fragments thereof, and antibodies to these proteins and fragments thereof. The present invention also provides methods for stimulating cellular proliferation by administering vectors encoded for production of the proteins comprising SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 21, SEQ ID NO: 42, SEQ ID NO: 46, SEQ ID NO: 48 and fragments thereof. The present invention also provides methods for stimulating cellular proliferation by administering the proteins comprising SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 21, SEQ ID NO: 42, SEQ ID NO: 46, SEQ ID NO: 48 and fragments thereof. The nucleotides and antibodies of the present invention are useful for the detection, localization and measurement of the nucleic acids encoding for the production of the proteins of the present invention, and also for the detection, localization and measurement of the proteins of the present invention. These nucleotides and antibodies can be combined with other reagents in kits for the purposes of detection, localization and measurement.

[0018] Most particularly, the present invention involves a method for regulation of cell division or cell proliferation by modifying the activity or expression of the proteins described as SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 21, SEQ ID NO: 42, SEQ ID NO: 46, SEQ ID NO: 48 or fragments thereof. These proteins, in their naturally occurring or expressed forms, are expected to be useful in drug development, for example for screening of chemical and drug libraries by observing inhibition of the activity of these enzymes. Such chemicals and drugs would likely be useful as treatments for cancer, prostatic hypertrophy, benign prostatic hypertrophy, hypertension, atherosclerosis and many other disorders involving abnormal cell growth or proliferation as described below. The entire expressed protein may be useful in these assays. Portions of the molecule which may be targets for inhibition or modification include but are not limited to the binding site for pyridine nucleotides (NADPH or NADH), the flavoprotein domain (approximately the C-terminal 265 amino acids), and/or the binding or catalytic site for flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD).

[0019] The method of the present invention may be used for the development of drugs or other therapies for the treatment of conditions associated with abnormal growth including, but not limited to the following: cancer, psoriasis, prostatic hypertrophy, benign prostatic hypertrophy, cardiovascular disease, proliferation of vessels, including but not limited to blood vessels and lymphatic vessels, arteriovenous malformation, vascular problems associated with the eye, atherosclerosis, hypertension, and restenosis following angioplasty. The enzymes of the present invention are excellent targets for the development of drugs and other agents which may modulate the activity of these enzymes. It is to be understood that modulation of activity may result in enhanced, diminished or absence of enzymatic activity. Modulation of the activity of these enzymes may be useful in treatment of conditions associated with abnormal growth.

[0020] Drugs which affect the activity of the enzymes represented in SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 21, SEQ ID NO: 42, SEQ ID NO: 46, SEQ ID NO: 48, or fragments thereof, may also be combined with other therapeutics in the treatment of specific conditions. For example, these drugs may be combined with angiogenesis inhibitors in the treatment of cancer, with antihypertensives for the treatment of hypertension, and with cholesterol lowering drugs for the treatment of atherosclerosis.

[0021] Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide nucleotide sequences, or fragments thereof, encoding for the production of proteins, or fragments thereof, that are involved in ROI production.

[0022] Another object of the present invention is to provide vectors containing these nucleotide sequences, or fragments thereof.

[0023] Yet another object of the present invention is to provide cells transfected with these vectors.

[0024] Still another object of the present invention is to administer cells transfected with these vectors to animals and humans.

[0025] Another object of the present invention is to provide proteins, or fragments thereof, that are involved in ROI production.

[0026] Still another object of the present invention is to provide antibodies, including monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies, or fragments thereof, raised against proteins, or fragments thereof, that are involved in ROI production.

[0027] Another object of the present invention is to administer genes containing nucleotide sequences, or fragments thereof, encoding for the production of proteins, or fragments thereof, that are involved in ROI production, to animals and humans and also to cells obtained from animals and humans.

[0028] Another object of the present invention is to administer antisense complimentary sequences of genes containing nucleotide sequences, or fragments thereof, encoding for the production of proteins, or fragments thereof, that are involved in ROI production, to animals and humans and also to cells obtained from animals and humans.

[0029] Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a method for stimulating or inhibiting cellular proliferation by administering vectors containing nucleotide sequences, or fragments thereof, encoding for the production of proteins, or fragments thereof, that are involved in ROI production, to animals and humans. It is also an object of the present invention to provide a method for stimulating or inhibiting cellular proliferation by administering vectors containing antisense complimentary sequences of nucleotide sequences, or fragments thereof, encoding for the production of proteins, or fragments thereof, that are involved in ROI production, to animals and humans. These methods of stimulating cellular proliferation are useful for a variety of purposes, including but not limited to, developing animal models of tumor formation, stimulating cellular proliferation of blood marrow cells following chemotherapy or radiation, or in cases of anemia.

[0030] Still another object of the present invention is to provide antibodies useful in immunotherapy against cancers expressing the proteins represented in SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 21, SEQ ID NO: 42, SEQ ID NO: 46, SEQ ID NO: 48 or fragments thereof.

[0031] Yet another object of the present invention is to provide nucleotide probes useful for the detection, localization and measurement of nucleotide sequences, or fragments thereof, encoding for the production of proteins, or fragments thereof, that are involved in ROI production.

[0032] Another object of the present invention is to provide antibodies useful for the detection, localization and measurement of nucleotide sequences, or fragments thereof, encoding for the production of proteins, or fragments thereof, that are involved in ROI production.

[0033] Another object of the present invention is to provide kits useful for detection of nucleic acids including the nucleic acids represented in SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 3, SEQ ID NO: 22, SEQ ID NO: 41, SEQ ID NO: 45, SEQ ID NO: 47, or fragments thereof, that encode for proteins, or fragments thereof, that are involved in ROI production.

[0034] Yet another object of the present invention is to provide kits useful for detection and measurement of nucleic acids including the nucleic acids represented in SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 3, SEQ ID NO: 22, SEQ ID NO: 41, SEQ ID NO: 45, SEQ ID NO: 47, or fragments thereof, that encode for proteins, or fragments thereof, that are involved in ROI production.

[0035] Still another object of the present invention is to provide kits useful for the localization of nucleic acids including the nucleic acids represented in SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 3, SEQ ID NO: 22, SEQ ID NO: 41, SEQ ID NO: 45, SEQ ID NO: 47, or fragments thereof, that encode for proteins, or fragments thereof that are involved in ROI production.

[0036] Another object of the present invention is to provide kits useful for detection of proteins, including the proteins represented in SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 21, SEQ ID NO: 42, SEQ ID NO: 46, SEQ ID NO: 48, or fragments thereof, that are involved in ROI production.

[0037] Yet another object of the present invention is to provide kits useful for detection and measurement of proteins, including the proteins represented in SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 21, SEQ ID NO: 42, SEQ ID NO: 46, SEQ ID NO: 48, or fragments thereof, that are involved in ROI production.

[0038] Still another object of the present invention is to provide kits useful for localization of proteins, including the proteins represented in SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 21, SEQ ID NO: 42, SEQ ID NO: 46, SEQ ID NO: 48, or fragments thereof, that are involved in ROI production.

[0039] Yet another object of the present invention is to provides kits useful for the detection, measurement or localization of nucleic acids, or fragments thereof, encoding for proteins, or fragments thereof, that are involved in ROI production, for use in diagnosis and prognosis of abnormal cellular proliferation related to ROI production.

[0040] Another object of the present invention is to provides kits useful for the detection, measurement or localization of proteins, or fragments thereof, that are involved in ROI production, for use in diagnosis and prognosis of abnormal cellular proliferation related to ROI production.

[0041] These and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent after a review of the following detailed description of the disclosed embodiments and the appended drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

[0042] FIGS. 1(a-d). Comparison of amino acid sequences of the human mox1 protein (labeled mox1.human, SEQ ID NO: 2), rat mox1 protein (labeled mox1.rat, SEQ ID NO: 21), human mox2 protein (labeled mox2.human., SEQ ID NO: 4) of the present invention to human (gp 91phox/human.pep, SEQ ID NO: 12) bovine (gp 91 phox/bovine.pep, SEQ ID NO: 37), and murine (gp 91 phox/mouse.pep, SEQ ID NO: 38) proteins. Also included are related plant enzyme proteins cytb 558.arabidopsis.pep (SEQ ID NO: 39) and cytb558.rice.pep, (SEQ ID NO: 40). Enclosed in boxes are similar amino acid residues.

[0043]FIG. 2. Sequence similarities among proteins related to gp91phox including human mox1 (SEQ ID NO: 2), human mox2 (SEQ ID NO: 4), and rat mox1 (SEQ ID NO: 21). The dendrogram indicates the degree of similarity among this family of proteins, and also includes the related plant enzymes.

[0044]FIG. 3. Cell free assay for mox-1 activity. Superoxide generation was measured using the chemiluminescent reaction between lucigenin and superoxide in cell lysates from vector control NEF2 and mox1 transfected NIH3T3 cells.

[0045]FIG. 4. Superoxide generation by human mox1. Reduction of NBT in mox1 transfected and control fibroblasts was measured in the absence (filled bars) or presence (open bars) or superoxide dismutase.

[0046]FIG. 5. Aconitase (filled bars), lactate dehydrogenase (narrow hatching) and fumarase (broad hatching) were determined in lysates of cells transfected with vector alone (NEF2) or with mox1 (YA26, YA28 and YA212).

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0047] The present invention solves the problems described above by providing a novel family of nucleotide sequences and proteins, encoded by these nucleotide sequences, termed mox proteins and duox proteins. The term “mox” refers to “mitogenic oxidase” while the term “duox” refers to “dual oxidase”. In particular, the present invention provides novel compositions comprising the nucleotide sequences SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 3, SEQ ID NO: 22, SEQ ID NO: 41, SEQ ID NO: 45, SEQ ID NO: 47, and fragments thereof, which encode, respectively, for the expression of proteins comprising SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 21, SEQ ID NO: 42, SEQ ID NO: 46, SEQ ID NO: 48 and fragments thereof.

[0048] Both the mox and duox proteins described herein have homology to the gp91phox protein involved in ROI generation, however, the mox and duox proteins comprise a novel and distinct family of proteins. The mox proteins included in the present invention have a molecular weight of approximately 65 kDa as determined by reducing gel electrophoresis and are capable of inducing ROI generation in cells. As described in more detail below, the mox proteins of the present invention also function in the regulation of cell growth, and are therefore implicated in diseases involving abnormal cell growth such as cancer. The present invention describes mox proteins found in human and rat, however, it is likely that the mox family of genes/proteins is widely distributed among multicellular organisms.

[0049] The duox proteins described herein are larger than the mox proteins and have three distinct regions: the amino terminal region having homology to peroxidase proteins, the internal region having homology to calmodulin (CAM) proteins and the carboxy-terminal region having homology to mox proteins. Human duox1 is shown in SEQ ID NO: 46 and a portion of human duox2 is shown in SEQ ID NO: 48. Nucleotides encoding duox1 and duox2 proteins are also shown in SEQ ID NO: 45 and SEQ ID NO: 47, respectively. In addition to the human duox proteins, comparison of the sequence of human duox1 and human duox2 with genomic databases using BLAST searching resulted in the identification of two homologs of duox in C. elegans (Ce-duox1 and Ce-duox2). Drosophila also appears to have at least one duox homolog. Thus, the duox family of genes/proteins is widely distributed among multicellular organisms.

[0050] Although not wanting to be bound by the following statement, it is believed that duox1 and duox2 have dual enzymatic functions, catalyzing both the generation of superoxide and peroxidative type reactions. The latter class of reactions utilize hydrogen peroxide as a substrate (and in some cases have been proposed to utilize superoxide as a substrate). Since hydrogen peroxide is generated spontaneously from the dismutation of superoxide, it is believed that the NAD(P)H oxidase domain generates the superoxide and/or hydrogen peroxide which can then be used as a substrate for the peroxidase domain. In support of this hypothesis, a model for the duox1 protein in C. elegans has been developed that has an extracellular N-terminal peroxidase domain, a transmembrane region and a NADPH binding site located on the cytosolic face of the plasma membrane. By analogy with the neutrophil NADPH-oxidase which generates extracellular superoxide, human duox1 is predicted to generate superoxide and its byproduct hydrogen peroxide extracellularly where it can be utilized by the peroxidase domain.

[0051] While the ROI generated by duox1 and duox2 may function as does mox1 in regulation of cell growth, the presence of the peroxidase domain is likely to confer additional biological functions. Depending upon the co-substrate, peroxidases can participate in a variety of reactions including halogenation such as the generation of hypochlorous acid (HOCl) by myeloperoxidase and the iodination of tyrosine to form thyroxin by thyroid peroxidase. Peroxidases have also been documented to participate in the metabolism of polyunsaturated fatty acids, and in the chemical modification of tyrosine in collagen (by sea urchin ovoperoxidase). Although not wanting to be bound by this statement, it is believed that the predicted transmembrane nature of duox1 facilitates its function in the formation or modification of extracellular matrix or basement membrane. Since the extracellular matrix plays an important role in tumor cell growth, invasion and metastasis, it is believed that the duox type enzymes play a pathogenic role in such conditions.

[0052] In addition to the nucleotide sequences described above, the present invention also provides vectors containing these nucleotide sequences and fragments thereof, cells transfected with these vectors which produce the proteins comprising SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 21, SEQ ID NO: 42, SEQ ID NO: 46, SEQ ID NO: 48 and fragments thereof, and antibodies to these proteins and fragments thereof. The present invention also provides methods for stimulating cellular proliferation by administering vectors, or cells containing vectors, encoded for production of the proteins comprising SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 21, SEQ ID NO: 42, SEQ ID NO: 46, SEQ ID NO: 48 and fragments thereof. The nucleotides and antibodies of the present invention are useful for the detection, localization and measurement of the nucleic acids encoding for the production of the proteins of the present invention, and also for the detection, localization and measurement of the proteins of the present invention. These nucleotides and antibodies can be combined with other reagents in kits for the purposes of detection, localization and measurement. These kits are useful for diagnosis and prognosis of conditions involving cellular proliferation associated with production of reactive oxygen intermediates.

[0053] The present invention solves the problems described above by providing a composition comprising the nucleotide sequence SEQ ID NO: 1 and fragments thereof. The present invention also provides a composition comprising the nucleotide sequence SEQ ID NO: 3 and fragments thereof. The present invention also provides a composition comprising the nucleotide sequence SEQ ID NO: 22 and fragments thereof. The present invention also provides a composition comprising the nucleotide sequence SEQ ID NO: 41 and fragments thereof. The present invention also provides a composition comprising the nucleotide sequence SEQ ID NO: 45 and fragments thereof. The present invention also provides a composition comprising the nucleotide sequence SEQ ID NO: 47 and fragments thereof.

[0054] The present invention provides a composition comprising the protein SEQ ID NO: 2 encoded by the nucleotide sequence SEQ ID NO: 1. The present invention provides a composition comprising the protein SEQ ID NO: 4 encoded by the nucleotide sequence SEQ ID NO: 3. The present invention provides a composition comprising the protein SEQ ID NO: 21 encoded by the nucleotide sequence SEQ ID NO: 22. The present invention provides a composition comprising the protein SEQ ID NO: 42 encoded by the nucleotide sequence SEQ ID NO: 41. The present invention provides a composition comprising the protein SEQ ID NO: 46 encoded by the nucleotide sequence SEQ ID NO: 45. The present invention provides a composition comprising the protein SEQ ID NO: 48 encoded by the nucleotide sequence SEQ ID NO: 47.

[0055] The present invention provides a composition comprising the protein SEQ ID NO: 2 or fragments thereof, encoded by the nucleotide sequence SEQ ID NO: 1 or fragments thereof. The present invention also provides a composition comprising the protein SEQ ID NO: 4 or fragments thereof, encoded by the nucleotide sequence SEQ ID NO: 3 or fragments thereof. The present invention also provides a composition comprising the protein SEQ ID NO: 21 or fragments thereof, encoded by the nucleotide sequence SEQ ID NO: 22 or fragments thereof. The present invention also provides a composition comprising the protein SEQ ID NO: 42 or fragments thereof, encoded by the nucleotide sequence SEQ ID NO: 41 or fragments thereof. The present invention also provides a composition comprising the protein SEQ ID NO: 46 or fragments thereof, encoded by the nucleotide sequence SEQ ID NO: 45 or fragments thereof. The present invention also provides a composition comprising the protein SEQ ID NO: 48 or fragments thereof, encoded by the nucleotide sequence SEQ ID NO: 47 or fragments thereof.

[0056] The present invention also provides vectors containing the nucleotide sequences SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 3, SEQ ID NO: 22, SEQ ID NO: 41, SEQ ID NO: 45, SEQ ID NO: 47 or fragments thereof. The present invention also provides cells transfected with these vectors. In addition, the present invention provides cells stably transfected with the nucleotide sequence SEQ ID NO: 1 or fragments thereof. The present invention also provides cells stably transfected with the nucleotide sequence SEQ ID NO: 3 or fragments thereof. The present invention also provides cells stably transfected with the nucleotide sequence SEQ ID NO: 22 or fragments thereof. The present invention also provides cells stably transfected with the nucleotide sequence SEQ ID NO: 41 or fragments thereof. The present invention also provides cells stably transfected with the nucleotide sequence SEQ ID NO: 45 or fragments thereof. The present invention also provides cells stably transfected with the nucleotide sequence SEQ ID NO: 47 or fragments thereof.

[0057] The present invention provides cells stably transfected with the nucleotide sequence SEQ ID NO: 1 or fragments thereof, which produce the protein SEQ ID NO: 2 or fragments thereof. In addition, the present invention provides cells stably transfected with the nucleotide sequence SEQ ID NO: 3 or fragments thereof which produce the protein SEQ ID NO: 4 or fragments thereof. In addition, the present invention provides cells stably transfected with the nucleotide sequence SEQ ID NO: 22 or fragments thereof which produce the protein SEQ ID NO: 21 or fragments thereof. The present invention also provides cells stably transfected with the nucleotide sequence SEQ ID NO: 41 or fragments thereof which produce the protein SEQ ID NO: 42 or fragments thereof. The present invention also provides cells stably transfected with the nucleotide sequence SEQ ID NO: 45 or fragments thereof which produce the protein SEQ ID NO: 46 or fragments thereof. The present invention also provides cells stably transfected with the nucleotide sequence SEQ ID NO: 47 or fragments thereof which produce the protein SEQ ID NO: 48 or fragments thereof.

[0058] The present invention provides a method for stimulating growth by administering cells stably transfected with the nucleotide sequence SEQ ID NO: 1 which produce the protein SEQ ID NO: 2 or fragments thereof. The present invention also provides a method for stimulating growth by administering cells stably transfected with the nucleotide sequence SEQ ID NO: 3 or fragments thereof, which produce the protein SEQ ID NO: 4 or fragments thereof. The present invention also provides a method for stimulating growth by administering cells stably transfected with the nucleotide sequence SEQ ID NO: 22 or fragments thereof, which produce the protein SEQ ID NO: 21 or fragments thereof. The present invention also provides a method for stimulating growth by administering cells stably transfected with the nucleotide sequence SEQ ID NO: 41 or fragments thereof, which produce the protein SEQ ID NO: 42 or fragments thereof. The present invention also provides a method for stimulating growth by administering cells stably transfected with the nucleotide sequence SEQ ID NO: 45 or fragments thereof, which produce the protein SEQ ID NO: 46 or fragments thereof. The present invention also provides a method for stimulating growth by administering cells stably transfected with the nucleotide sequence SEQ ID NO: 47 or fragments thereof, which produce the protein SEQ ID NO: 48 or fragments thereof.

[0059] Specifically, the present invention provides a method for stimulating tumor formation by administering cells stably transfected with the nucleotide sequence SEQ ID NO: 1 or fragments thereof, which produce the protein SEQ ID NO: 2 or fragments thereof. The present invention also provides a method for stimulating tumor formation by administering cells stably transfected with the nucleotide sequence SEQ ID NO: 3 or fragments thereof, which produce the protein SEQ ID NO: 4 or fragments thereof. The present invention also provides a method for stimulating tumor formation by administering cells stably transfected with the nucleotide sequence SEQ ID NO: 22 or fragments thereof, which produce the protein SEQ ID NO: 21 or fragments thereof. The present invention also provides a method for stimulating tumor formation by administering cells stably transfected with the nucleotide sequence SEQ ID NO: 41 or fragments thereof, which produce the protein SEQ ID NO: 42 or fragments thereof. The present invention also provides a method for stimulating tumor formation by administering cells stably transfected with the nucleotide sequence SEQ ID NO: 45 or fragments thereof, which produce the protein SEQ ID NO: 46 or fragments thereof. The present invention also provides a method for stimulating tumor formation by administering cells stably transfected with the nucleotide sequence SEQ ID NO: 47 or fragments thereof, which produce the protein SEQ ID NO: 48 or fragments thereof.

[0060] The present invention may also be used to develop anti-sense nucleotide sequences to SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 3, SEQ ID NO: 22, SEQ ID NO: 41, SEQ ID NO: 45, SEQ ID NO: 47 or fragments thereof. These anti-sense molecules may be used to interfere with translation of nucleotide sequences, such as SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 3, SEQ ID NO: 22, SEQ ID NO: 41, SEQ ID NO: 45, SEQ ID NO: 47, or fragments thereof, that encode for proteins such as SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 21, SEQ ID NO: 42, SEQ ID NO: 46, SEQ ID NO: 48 or fragments thereof. Administration of these anti-sense molecules, or vectors encoding for anti sense molecules, to humans and animals, would interfere with production of proteins such as SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 21, SEQ ID NO: 42, SEQ ID NO: 46, SEQ ID NO: 48, or fragments thereof, thereby decreasing production of ROIs and inhibiting cellular proliferation. These methods are useful in producing animal models for use in study of tumor development and vascular growth, and for study of the efficacy of treatments for affecting tumor and vascular growth in vivo.

[0061] The present invention also provides a method for high throughput screening of drugs and chemicals which modulate the proliferative activity of the enzymes of the present invention, thereby affecting cell division. Combinatorial chemical libraries may be screened for chemicals which modulate the proliferative activity of these enzymes. Drugs and chemicals may be evaluated based on their ability to modulate the enzymatic activity of the expressed or endogenous proteins, including those represented by SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 21, SEQ ID NO: 42, SEQ ID NO: 46, SEQ ID NO: 48 or fragments thereof. Endogenous proteins may be obtained from many different tissues or cells, such as colon cells. Drugs may also be evaluated based on their ability to bind to the expressed or endogenous proteins represented by SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 21, SEQ ID NO: 42, SEQ ID NO: 46, SEQ ID NO: 48 or fragments thereof. Enzymatic activity may be NADPH- or NADH-dependent superoxide generation catalyzed by the holoprotein. Enzymatic activity may also be NADPH- or NADH-dependent diaphorase activity catalyzed by either the holoprotein or the flavoprotein domain.

[0062] By flavoprotein domain, is meant approximately the C-terminal half of the enzymes shown in SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 21, SEQ ID NO: 42, or fragments thereof, and the C-terminal end of the enzymes shown in SEQ ID NO: 46 and SEQ ID NO: 48 (approximately the C-terminal 265 amino acids). This fragment of gp91phox has NADPH-dependent reductase activity towards cytochrome c, nitrobluetetrazolium and other dyes. Expressed proteins or fragments thereof can be used for robotic screens of existing combinatorial chemical libraries. While not wanting to be bound by the following statement, it is believed that the NADPH or NADH binding site and the FAD binding site are. useful for evaluating the ability of drugs and other compositions to bind to the mox and duox enzymes or to modulate their enzymatic activity. The use of the holoprotein or the C-terminal half or end regions are preferred for developing a high throughput drug screen. Additionally, the N-terminal one-third of the duox domain (the peroxidase domain) may also be used to evaluate the ability of drugs and other compositions to inhibit the peroxidase activity, and for further development of a high throughput drug screen.

[0063] The present invention also provides antibodies directed to the proteins SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 4; SEQ ID NO: 21, SEQ ID NO: 42, SEQ ID NO: 46, SEQ ID NO: 48 and fragments thereof. The antibodies of the present invention are useful for a variety of purposes including localization, detection and measurement of the proteins SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 21, SEQ ID NO: 42, SEQ ID NO: 46, SEQ ID NO: 48 and fragments thereof. The antibodies may be employed in kits to accomplish these purposes. These antibodies may also be linked to cytotoxic agents for selected killing of cells. The term antibody is meant to include any class of antibody such as IgG, IgM and other classes. The term antibody also includes a completely intact antibody and also fragments thereof, including but not limited to Fab fragments and Fab+Fc fragments.

[0064] The present invention also provides the nucleotide sequences SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 3, SEQ ID NO: 22, SEQ ID NO: 41, SEQ ID NO: 45, SEQ ID NO: 47 and fragments thereof. These nucleotides are useful for a variety of purposes including localization, detection, and measurement of messenger RNA involved in synthesis of the proteins represented as SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 21, SEQ ID NO: 42, SEQ ID NO: 46, SEQ ID NO: 48 and fragments thereof. These nucleotides may also be used in the construction of labeled probes for the localization, detection, and measurement of nucleic acids such as messenger RNA or alternatively for the isolation of larger nucleotide sequences containing the nucleotide sequences shown in SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 3, SEQ ID NO: 22, SEQ ID NO: 41, SEQ ID NO: 45, SEQ ID NO: 47 or fragments thereof. These nucleotide sequences may be used to isolate homologous strands from other species using techniques known to one of ordinary skill in the art. These nucleotide sequences may also be used to make probes and complementary strands. In particular, the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 47 may be used to isolate the complete coding sequence for duox2. The nucleotides may be employed in kits to accomplish these purposes.

[0065] Most particularly, the present invention involves a method for modulation of growth by modifying the proteins represented as SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 21, SEQ ID NO: 42, SEQ ID NO: 46, SEQ ID NO: 48 or fragments thereof.

[0066] The term “mitogenic regulators” is used herein to mean any molecule that acts to affect cell division.

[0067] The term “animal” is used herein to mean humans and non-human animals of both sexes.

[0068] The terms “a”, “an” and “the” as used herein are defined to mean one or more and include the plural unless the context is inappropriate.

[0069] “Proteins”, “peptides,” “polypeptides” and “oligopeptides” are chains of amino acids (typically L-amino acids) whose alpha carbons are linked through peptide bonds formed by a condensation reaction between the carboxyl group of the alpha carbon of one amino acid and the amino group of the alpha carbon of another amino acid. The terminal amino acid at one end of the chain (i.e., the amino terminal) has a free amino group, while the terminal amino acid at the other end of the chain (i.e., the carboxy terminal) has a free carboxyl group. As such, the term “amino terminus” (abbreviated N-terminus) refers to the free alpha-amino group on the amino acid at the amino terminal of the protein, or to the alpha-amino group (imino group when participating in a peptide bond) of an amino acid at any other location within the protein. Similarly, the term “carboxy terminus” (abbreviated C-terminus) refers to the free carboxyl group on the amino acid at the carboxy terminus of a protein, or to the carboxyl group of an amino acid at any other location within the protein.

[0070] Typically, the amino acids making up a protein are numbered in order, starting at the amino terminal and increasing in the direction toward the carboxy terminal of the protein. Thus, when one amino acid is said to “follow” another, that amino acid is positioned closer to the carboxy terminal of the protein than the preceding amino acid.

[0071] The term “residue” is used herein to refer to an amino acid (D or L) or an amino acid mimetic that is incorporated into a protein by an amide bond. As such, the amino acid may be a naturally occurring amino acid or, unless otherwise limited, may encompass known analogs of natural amino acids that function in a manner similar to the naturally occurring amino acids (i.e., amino acid mimetics). Moreover, an amide bond mimetic includes peptide backbone modifications well known to those skilled in the art.

[0072] Furthermore, one of skill will recognize that, as mentioned above, individual substitutions, deletions or additions which alter, add or delete a single amino acid or a small percentage of amino acids (typically less than 5%, more typically less than 1%) in an encoded sequence are conservatively modified variations where the alterations result in the substitution of an amino acid with a chemically similar amino acid. Conservative substitution tables providing functionally similar amino acids are well known in the art. The following six groups each contain amino acids that are conservative substitutions for one another:

[0073] 1) Alanine (A), Serine (S), Threonine (T);

[0074] 2) Aspartic acid (D), Glutamic acid (E);

[0075] 3) Asparagine (N), Glutamine (Q);

[0076] 4) Arginine (R), Lysine (K);

[0077] 5) Isoleucine (I), Leucine (L), Methionine (M), Valine (V); and

[0078] 6) Phenylalanine (F), Tyrosine (Y), Tryptophan (W).

[0079] When the peptides are relatively short in length (i.e., less than about 50 amino acids), they are often synthesized using standard chemical peptide synthesis techniques. Solid phase synthesis in which the C-terminal amino acid of the sequence is attached to an insoluble support followed by sequential addition of the remaining amino acids in the sequence is a preferred method for the chemical synthesis of the antigenic epitopes described herein. Techniques for solid phase synthesis are known to those skilled in the art.

[0080] Alternatively, the antigenic epitopes described herein are synthesized using recombinant nucleic acid methodology. Generally, this involves creating a nucleic acid sequence that encodes the peptide or protein, placing the nucleic acid in an expression cassette under the control of a particular promoter, expressing the peptide or protein in a host, isolating the expressed peptide or protein and, if required, renaturing the peptide or protein. Techniques sufficient to guide one of skill through such procedures are found in the literature.

[0081] When several desired protein fragments or peptides are encoded in the nucleotide sequence incorporated into a vector, one of skill in the art will appreciate that the protein fragments or peptides may be separated by a spacer molecule such as, for example, a peptide, consisting of one or more amino acids. Generally, the spacer will have no specific biological activity other than to join the desired protein fragments or peptides together, or to preserve some minimum distance or other spatial relationship between them. However, the constituent amino acids of the spacer may be selected to influence some property of the molecule such as the folding, net charge, or hydrophobicity. Nucleotide sequences encoding for the production of residues which may be useful in purification of the expressed recombinant protein may be built into the vector. Such sequences are known in the art. For example, a nucleotide sequence encoding for a poly histidine sequence may be added to a vector to facilitate purification of the expressed recombinant protein on a nickel column.

[0082] Once expressed, recombinant peptides, polypeptides and proteins can be purified according to standard procedures known to one of ordinary skill in the art, including ammonium sulfate precipitation, affinity columns, column chromatography, gel electrophoresis and the like. Substantially pure compositions of about 50 to 99% homogeneity are preferred, and 80 to 95% or greater homogeneity are most preferred for use as therapeutic agents.

[0083] One of skill in the art will recognize that after chemical synthesis, biological expression or purification, the desired proteins, fragments thereof and peptides may possess a conformation substantially different than the native conformations of the proteins, fragments thereof and peptides. In this case, it is often necessary to denature and reduce protein and then to cause the protein to re-fold into the preferred conformation. Methods of reducing and denaturing proteins and inducing re-folding are well known to those of skill in the art.

[0084] The genetic constructs of the present invention include coding sequences for different proteins, fragments thereof, and peptides. The genetic constructs also include epitopes or domains chosen to permit purification or detection of the expressed protein. Such epitopes or domains include DNA sequences encoding the glutathione binding domain from glutathione S-transferase, hexa-histidine, thioredoxin, hemagglutinin antigen, maltose binding protein, and others commonly known to one of skill in the art. The preferred genetic construct includes the nucleotide sequences of SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 3, SEQ ID NO: 22, SEQ ID NO: 41, SEQ ID NO: 45, SEQ ID NO: 47 or fragments thereof. It is to be understood that additional or alternative nucleotide sequences may be included in the genetic constructs in order to encode for the following: a) multiple copies of the desired proteins, fragments thereof, or peptides; b) various combinations of the desired proteins, fragments thereof, or peptides; and c) conservative modifications of the desired proteins, fragments thereof, or peptides, and combinations thereof. Preferred proteins include the human mox1 protein and human mox2 protein shown as SEQ ID NO: 2 and SEQ ID NO: 4, respectively, and fragments thereof. Some preferred fragments of the human mox1 protein (SEQ ID NO: 2) include but are not limited to the proteins shown as SEQ ID NO: 23, SEQ ID NO: 24, and SEQ ID NO: 25. The protein mox1 is also called p65mox in this application. Another preferred protein of the present invention is rat mox1 protein shown as SEQ ID NO: 21 and fragments thereof. Another preferred protein of the present invention is rat mox1B protein shown as SEQ ID NO: 42 and fragments thereof. Yet another preferred protein of the present invention is duox1 protein shown as SEQ ID NO: 46 and fragments thereof. Still another preferred protein of the present invention is duox2 protein. A partial amino acid sequence of the duox2 protein is shown as SEQ ID NO: 48.

[0085] The nucleotide sequences of the present invention may also be employed to hybridize to nucleic acids such as DNA or RNA nucleotide sequences under high stringency conditions which permit detection, for example, of alternately spliced messages.

[0086] The genetic construct is expressed in an expression system such as in NIH 3T3 cells using recombinant sequences in a pcDNA-3 vector (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, Calif.) to produce a recombinant protein. Preferred expression systems include but are not limited to Cos-7 cells, insect cells using recombinant baculovirus, and yeast. It is to be understood that other expression systems known to one of skill in the art may be used for expression of the genetic constructs of the present invention. The preferred proteins of the present invention are the proteins referred to herein as human mox1 and human mox2 or fragments thereof which have the amino acid sequences set forth in SEQ ID NO: 3 and SEQ ID NO: 4, respectively, or an amino acid sequence having amino acid substitutions as defined in the definitions that do not significantly alter the function of the recombinant protein in an adverse manner. Another preferred protein of the present invention is referred to herein as rat mox1 and has the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 21. Yet another preferred protein of the present invention is referred to herein as rat mox1B and has the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 42. Two other preferred proteins of the present invention are referred to herein as human duox1 and human duox2, or fragments thereof, which have the amino acid sequences set forth in SEQ ID NO: 46 and SEQ ID NO: 48, respectively, or an amino acid sequence having amino acid substitutions as defined in the definitions that do not significantly alter the function of the recombinant protein in an adverse manner.

[0087] Terminology

[0088] It should be understood that some of the terminology used to describe the novel mox and duox proteins contained herein is different from the terminology in U.S. Provisional Application Serial No. 60/107,911 and U.S. Provisional Application Serial No. 60/149,332 upon which this application claims priority in part. As described herein, the term “human mox1” refers to a protein comprising an amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 2, or a fragment thereof, and encoded by the nucleotide sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1, or a fragment thereof. As described herein, the term “human mox2” refers to a protein comprising an amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 4, or a fragment thereof, and encoded by the nucleotide sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 3, or a fragment thereof. As described herein, the term “human duox1” refers to a protein comprising an amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 46, or a fragment thereof, and encoded by the nucleotide sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 45, or a fragment thereof. As described herein, the term “human duox2” refers to a protein comprising an amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 48, or a fragment thereof, and encoded by the nucleotide sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 47, or a fragment thereof.

[0089] Construction of the Recombinant Gene

[0090] The desired gene is ligated into a transfer vector, such as pcDNA3, and the recombinants are used to transform host cells such as Cos-7 cells. It is to be understood that different transfer vectors, host cells, and transfection methods may be employed as commonly known to one of ordinary skill in the art. Six desired genes for use in transfection are shown in SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 3, SEQ ID NO: 22, SEQ ID NO: 41 SEQ ID NO: 45 and SEQ ID NO: 47. For example, lipofectamine-mediated transfection and in vivo homologous recombination was used to introduce the mox1 gene into NIH 3T3 cells.

[0091] The synthetic gene is cloned and the recombinant construct containing mox or duox gene is produced and grown in confluent monolayer cultures of a Cos-7 cell line. The expressed recombinant protein is then purified, preferably using affinity chromatography techniques, and its purity and specificity determined by known methods.

[0092] A variety of expression systems may be employed for expression of the recombinant protein. Such expression methods include, but are not limited to the following: bacterial expression systems, including those utilizing E. coli and Bacillus subtilis; virus systems; yeast expression systems; cultured insect and mammalian cells; and other expression systems known to one of ordinary skill in the art.

[0093] Transfection of Cells

[0094] It is to be understood that the vectors of the present invention may be transfected into any desired cell or cell line. Both in vivo and in vitro transfection of cells are contemplated as part of the present invention. Preferred cells for transfection include but are not limited to the following: fibroblasts (possibly to enhance wound healing and skin formation), granulocytes (possible benefit to increase function in a compromised immune system as seen in AIDS, and aplastic anemia), muscle cells, neuroblasts, stem cells, bone marrow cells, osteoblasts, B lymphocytes, and T lymphocytes.

[0095] Cells may be transfected with a variety of methods known to one of ordinary skill in the art and include but are not limited to the following: electroporation, gene gun, calcium phosphate, lipofectamine, and fugene, as well as adenoviral transfection systems.

[0096] Host cells transfected with the nucleic acids represented in SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 3, SEQ ID NO: 22, SEQ ID NO: 41 SEQ ID NO: 45 and SEQ ID NO: 47, or fragments thereof, are used to express the proteins SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 21, SEQ ID NO: 42, SEQ ID NO: 46 and SEQ ID NO: 48, respectively, or fragments thereof.

[0097] These expressed proteins are used to raise antibodies. These antibodies may be used for a variety of applications including but not limited to immunotherapy against cancers expressing one of the mox or duox proteins, and for detection, localization and measurement of the proteins shown in SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 21, SEQ ID NO: 42, SEQ ID NO: 46 or SEQ ID NO: 48 or fragments thereof.

[0098] Purification and Characterization of the Expressed Protein

[0099] The proteins of the present invention can be expressed as a fusion protein with a poly histidine component, such as a hexa histidine, and purified by binding to a metal affinity column using nickel or cobalt affinity matrices. The protein can also be expressed as a fusion protein with glutathione S-transferase and purified by affinity chromatography using a glutathione agarose matrix. The protein can also be purified by immunoaffinity chromatography by expressing it as a fusion protein, for example with hemagglutinin antigen. The expressed or naturally occurring protein can also be purified by conventional chromatographic and purification methods which include anion and cation exchange chromatography, gel exclusion chromatography, hydroxylapatite chromatography, dye binding chromatography, ammonium sulfate precipitation, precipitation in organic solvents or other techniques commonly known to one of skill in the art.

[0100] Methods of Assessing Activity of Expressed Proteins

[0101] Different methods are available for assessing the activity of the expressed proteins of the present invention, including but not limited to the proteins represented as SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 21, SEQ ID NO: 42, SEQ ID NO: 46 or SEQ ID NO: 48 substituted analogs thereof, and fragments thereof.

[0102] 1. Assays of the Holoprotein and Fragments Thereof for Superoxide Generation:

[0103] A. General Considerations.

[0104] These assays are useful in assessing efficacy of drugs designed to modulate the activity of the enzymes of the present invention. The holoprotein may be expressed in COS-7 cells, NIH 3T3 cells,. insect cells (using baculoviral technology) or other cells using methods known to one of skill in the art. Membrane fractions or purified protein are used for the assay. The assay may require or be augmented by other cellular proteins such as p47phox, p67phox, and Rac1, as well as potentially other unidentified factors (e.g., kinases or other regulatory proteins).

[0105] B. Cytochrome C Reduction.

[0106] NADPH or NADH is used as the reducing substrate, in a concentration of about 100 μM. Reduction of cytochrome c is monitored spectrophotometrically by the increase in absorbance at 550 nm, assuming an extinction coefficient of 21 mM⁻¹cm⁻¹. The assay is performed in the absence and presence of about 10 μg superoxide dismutase. The superoxide-dependent reduction is defined as cytochrome c reduction in the absence of superoxide dismutase minus that in the presence of superoxide dismutase (Uhlinger et al. (1991) J. Biol. Chem. 266, 20990-20997). Acetylated cytochrome c may also be used, since the reduction of acetylated cytochrome c is thought to be exclusively via superoxide.

[0107] C. Nitroblue Tetrazolium Reduction.

[0108] For nitroblue tetrazolium (NBT) reduction, the same general protocol is used, except that NBT is used in place of cytochrome c. In general, about 1 mL of filtered 0.25% nitrotetrazolium blue (Sigma, St. Louis, Mo.) is added in Hanks buffer without or with about 600 Units of superoxide dismutase (Sigma) and samples are incubated at approximately 37° C. The oxidized NBT is clear, while the reduced NBT is blue and insoluble. The insoluble product is collected by centrifugation, and the pellet is re-suspended in about 1 mL, of pyridine (Sigma) and heated for about 10 minutes at 100° C. to solubilize the reduced NBT. The concentration of reduced NBT is determined by measuring the absorbance at 510 nm, using an extinction coefficient of 11,000 M⁻¹cm⁻¹. Untreated wells are used to determine cell number.

[0109] D. Luminescence.

[0110] Superoxide generation may also be monitored with a chemiluminescence detection system utilizing lucigenin (bis-N-methylacridinium nitrate, Sigma, St. Louis, Mo.). The sample is mixed with about 100 μM NADPH (Sigma, St. Louis, Mo.) and 10 μM lucigenin (Sigma, St. Louis, Mo.) in a volume of about 150 μL Hanks solution. Luminescence is monitored in a 96-well plate using a LumiCounter (Packard, Downers Grove, Ill.) for 0.5 second per reading at approximately 1 minute intervals for a total of about 5 minutes; the highest stable value in each data set is used for comparisons. As above, superoxide dismutase is added to some samples to prove that the luminescence arises from superoxide. A buffer blank is subtracted from each reading (Ushio-Fukai et al. (1996) J. Biol. Chem. 271, 23317-23321).

[0111] E. Assays in Intact Cells.

[0112] Assays for superoxide generation may be performed using intact cells, for example, the mox-transfected NIH 3T3 cells. In principle, any of the above assays can be used to evaluate superoxide generation using intact cells, for example, the mox-transfected NIH 3T3 cells. NBT reduction is a preferred assay method.

[0113] 2. Assays of Truncated Proteins Comprised of Approximately the C-terminal 265 Amino Acid Residues

[0114] While not wanting to be bound by the following statement, the truncated protein comprised of approximately the C-terminal 265 amino acid residues is not expected to generate superoxide, and therefore, superoxide dismutase is not added in assays of the truncated protein. Basically, a similar assay is established and the superoxide-independent reduction of NBT, cytochrome c, dichlorophenolindophenol, ferricyanide, or another redox-active dye is examined.

[0115] Nucleotides and Nucleic Acid Probes

[0116] The nucleotide sequences SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 3, SEQ ID NO: 22, SEQ ID NO: 41 SEQ ID NO: 45 and SEQ ID NO: 47, as well as fragments thereof and PCR primers therefor, may be used, respectively, for localization, detection and measurement of nucleic acids related to SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 3, SEQ ID NO: 22, SEQ ID NO: 41 SEQ ID NO: 45 and SEQ ID NO: 47, as well as fragments thereof. The nucleotide sequences SEQ ID NO: 1 and SEQ ID NO: 3 are also called the human mox1 gene and the human mox2 gene in this application. SEQ ID NO: 22 is also known as the rat mox1 gene in this application. SEQ ID NO: 41 is also known as the rat mox1B gene in this application. SEQ ID NO: 45 is also known as the human duox1 gene in this application. SEQ ID NO: 47 is also known as the human duox2 gene in this application.

[0117] The nucleotide sequences SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 3, SEQ ID NO: 22, SEQ ID NO: 41 SEQ ID NO: 45 and SEQ ID NO: 47, as well as fragments thereof, may be used to create probes to isolate larger nucleotide sequences containing the nucleotide sequences SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 3, SEQ ID NO: 22, SEQ ID NO: 41 SEQ ID NO: 45 and SEQ ID NO: 47, respectively. The nucleotide sequences SEQ ID NO: l, SEQ ID NO: 3, SEQ ID NO: 22, SEQ ID NO: 41 SEQ ID NO: 45 and SEQ ID NO: 47, as well as fragments thereof, may also be used to create probes to identify and isolate mox and duox proteins in other species.

[0118] The nucleic acids described herein include messenger RNA coding for production of SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 21, SEQ ID NO: 42, SEQ ID NO: 46, SEQ ID NO: 48 and fragments thereof. Such nucleic acids include but are not limited to cDNA probes. These probes may be labeled in a variety of ways known to one of ordinary skill in the art. Such methods include but are not limited to isotopic and non-isotopic labeling. These probes may be used for in situ hybridization for localization of nucleic acids such as mRNA encoding for SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 21, SEQ ID NO: 42, SEQ ID NO: 46, SEQ ID NO: 48 and fragments thereof. Localization may be performed using in situ hybridization at both ultrastructural and light microscopic levels of resolution using techniques known to one of ordinary skill in the art.

[0119] These probes may also be employed to detect and quantitate nucleic acids and mRNA levels using techniques known to one of ordinary skill in the art including but not limited to solution hybridization.

[0120] Antibody Production

[0121] The proteins shown in SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 21, SEQ ID NO: 42, SEQ ID NO: 46, SEQ ID NO: 48, or fragments thereof, are combined with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or vehicle to produce a pharmaceutical composition and administered to animals for the production of polyclonal antibodies using methods known to one of ordinary skill in the art. The preferred animals for antibody production are rabbits and mice. Other animals may be employed for immunization with these proteins or fragments thereof. Such animals include, but are not limited to the following; sheep, horses, pigs, donkeys, cows, monkeys and rodents such as guinea pigs and rats.

[0122] The terms “pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle” are used herein to mean any liquid including but not limited to water or saline, oil, gel, salve, solvent, diluent, fluid ointment base, liposome, micelle, giant micelle, and the like, which is suitable for use in contact with living animal or human tissue without causing adverse physiological responses, and which does not interact with the other components of the composition in a deleterious manner.

[0123] The pharmaceutical compositions may conveniently be presented in unit dosage form and may be prepared by conventional pharmaceutical techniques. Such techniques include the step of bringing into association the active ingredient and the pharmaceutical carrier(s) or excipient(s). In general, the formulations are prepared by uniformly and intimately bringing into association the active ingredient with liquid carriers.

[0124] Formulations suitable for parenteral administration include aqueous and non-aqueous sterile injection solutions which may contain anti-oxidants, buffers, bacteriostats and solutes which render the formulation isotonic with the blood of the intended recipient; and aqueous and non-aqueous sterile suspensions which may include suspending agents and thickening agents. The formulations may be presented in unit-dose or multi-dose containers, for example, sealed ampules and vials, and may be stored in a freeze-dried (lyophilized) condition requiring only the addition of the sterile liquid carrier, for example, water for injections, immediately prior to use. Extemporaneous injection solutions and suspensions may be prepared from sterile powders, granules and tablets commonly used by one of ordinary skill in the art.

[0125] Preferred unit dosage formulations are those containing a dose or unit, or an appropriate fraction thereof, of the administered ingredient. It should be understood that in addition to the ingredients, particularly mentioned above, the formulations of the present invention may include other agents commonly used by one of ordinary skill in the art.

[0126] The pharmaceutical composition may be administered through different routes, such as oral, including buccal and sublingual, rectal, parenteral, aerosol, nasal, intramuscular, subcutaneous, intradermal, and topical. The pharmaceutical composition of the present invention may be administered in different forms, including but not limited to solutions, emulsions and suspensions, microspheres, particles, microparticles, nanoparticles, and liposomes. It is expected that from about 1 to 7 dosages may be required per immunization regimen. Initial injections may range from about 0.1 μg to 1 mg, with a preferred range of about 1 μg to 800 μg, and a more preferred range of from approximately 25 μg to 500 μg. Booster injections may range from 0.1 μg to 1 mg, with a preferred range of approximately 1 μg to 800 μg, and a more preferred range of about 10 μg to 500 μg.

[0127] The volume of administration will vary depending on the route of administration and the size of the recipient. For example, intramuscular injections may range from about 0.1 ml to 1.0 ml.

[0128] The pharmaceutical composition may be stored at temperatures of from about 4° C. to −100° C. The pharmaceutical composition may also be stored in a lyophilized state at different temperatures including room temperature. The pharmaceutical composition may be sterilized through conventional means known to one of ordinary skill in the art. Such means include, but are not limited to filtration, radiation and heat. The pharmaceutical composition of the present invention may also be combined with bacteriostatic agents, such as thimerosal, to inhibit bacterial growth.

[0129] Adjuvants

[0130] A variety of adjuvants known to one of ordinary skill in the art may be administered in conjunction with the protein in the pharmaceutical composition. Such adjuvants include, but are not limited to the following: polymers, co-polymers such as polyoxyethylene-polyoxypropylene copolymers, including block co-polymers; polymer P1005; Freund's complete adjuvant (for animals); Freund's incomplete adjuvant; sorbitan monooleate; squalene; CRL-8300 adjuvant; alum; QS 21, muramyl dipeptide; trehalose; bacterial extracts, including mycobacterial extracts; detoxified endotoxins; membrane lipids; or combinations thereof.

[0131] Monoclonal antibodies can be produced using hybridoma technology in accordance with methods well known to those skilled in the art. The antibodies are useful as research or diagnostic reagents or can be used for passive immunization. The composition may optionally contain an adjuvant.

[0132] The polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies useful as research or diagnostic reagents may be employed for detection and measurement of SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 21, SEQ ID NO: 42, SEQ ID NO: 46, SEQ ID NO: 48 and fragments thereof. Such antibodies may be used to detect these proteins in a biological sample, including but not limited to samples such as cells, cellular extracts, tissues, tissue extracts, biopsies, tumors, and biological fluids. Such detection capability is useful for detection of disease related to these proteins to facilitate diagnosis and prognosis and to suggest possible treatment alternatives.

[0133] Detection may be achieved through the use of immunocytochemistry, ELISA, radioimmunoassay or other assays as commonly known to one of ordinary skill in the art. The mox1, mox2, duox1 and duox2 proteins, or fragments thereof, may be labeled through commonly known approaches, including but not limited to the following: radiolabeling, dyes, magnetic particles, biotin-avidin, fluorescent molecules, chemiluminescent molecules and systems, ferritin, colloidal gold, and other methods known to one of skill in the art of labeling proteins.

[0134] Administration of Antibodies

[0135] The antibodies directed to the proteins shown as SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 21, SEQ ID NO: 42, SEQ ID NO: 46 or SEQ ID NO: 48, or directed to fragments thereof, may also be administered directly to humans and animals in a passive immunization paradigm. Antibodies directed to extracellular portions of SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 21, SEQ ID NO: 42, SEQ ID NO: 46 or SEQ ID NO: 48 bind to these extracellular epitopes. Attachment of labels to these antibodies facilitates localization and visualization of sites of binding. Attachment of molecules such as ricin or other cytotoxins to these antibodies helps to selectively damage or kill cells expressing SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 21, SEQ ID NO: 42, SEQ ID NO: 46, SEQ ID NO: 48 or fragments thereof.

[0136] Kits

[0137] The present invention includes kits useful with the antibodies, nucleic acids, nucleic acid probes, labeled antibodies, labeled proteins or fragments thereof for detection, localization and measurement of SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 3, SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 21, SEQ ID NO: 22, SEQ ID NO: 41, SEQ ID NO: 42, SEQ ID NO: 45, SEQ ID NO: 46, SEQ ID NO: 47, SEQ ID NO: 48 or combinations and fragments thereof.

[0138] Kits may be used for immunocytochemistry, in situ hybridization, solution hybridization, radioimmunoassay, ELISA, Western blots, quantitative PCR, and other assays for the detection, localization and measurement of these nucleic acids, proteins or fragments thereof using techniques known to one of skill in the art.

[0139] The nucleotide sequences shown in SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 3, SEQ ID NO: 22, SEQ ID NO: 41 SEQ ID NO: 45, SEQ ID NO: 47, or fragments thereof, may also be used under high stringency conditions to detect alternately spliced messages related to SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 3, SEQ ID NO: 22, SEQ ID NO: 41 SEQ ID NO: 45, SEQ ID NO: 47 or fragments thereof, respectively.

[0140] As discussed in one of the Examples, rat mox1 protein (SEQ ID NO: 21) is similar to mouse gp91 protein (SEQ ID NO: 38), whereas rat mox1B protein (SEQ ID NO: 42) is similar to human gp91 protein (SEQ ID NO: 12). This observation suggests that other isoforms of mouse and human gp91 may exist. In addition, another subtype of human mox1, similar to rat mox1B (SEQ ID NO: 42), also exists. The presence of two isoforms of rat mox1 protein in vascular smooth muscle may have important physiological consequences and biomedical applications. For example, the two isoforms may have different biological activities, different tissue distributions and may be regulated differently in physiological and/or pathological conditions. The fact that mox1B (SEQ ID NO: 42) was isolated from cells exposed to angiotensin II, known to promote oxidative stress and vascular growth, suggests that it may be upregulated by this hormone and may be overexpressed in disease. Therefore, the diagnostic kits of the present invention can measure the relative expression of the two mox isoforms. The diagnostic kits may also measure or detect the relative expression of the mox proteins described herein (i.e. human mox1 and/or human mox2) and duox proteins described herein (i.e. human duox1 and/or human duox2).

[0141] Fragments of SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 3, SEQ ID NO: 22, SEQ ID NO: 41 SEQ ID NO: 45 and SEQ ID NO: 47 containing the relevant hybridizing sequence can be synthesized onto the surface of a chip array. RNA samples, e.g., from tumors, are then fluorescently tagged and hybridized onto the chip for detection. This approach may be used diagnostically to characterize tumor types and to tailor treatments and/or provide prognostic information. Such prognostic information may have predictive value concerning disease progression and life span, and may also affect choice of therapy.

[0142] The present invention is further illustrated by the following examples, which are not to be construed in any way as imposing limitations upon the scope thereof. On the contrary, it is to be clearly understood that resort may be had to various other embodiments, modifications, and equivalents thereof, which, after reading the description herein, may suggest themselves to those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

EXAMPLE 1 Sequence Analysis and Cloning of the Human mox1 cDNA (SEQ ID NO: 1) Encoding for Production of the Human mox1 Protein p65mox (SEQ ID NO: 2)

[0143] Using gp91phox as a query sequence, a 334 base sequenced portion of expressed sequence tag (EST) 176696 (GenBank Accession number AA305700) showed 68.8% sequence identity at the predicted amino acid level with human (h) gp91phox. The bacterial strain number 129134 containing the EST sequence in the pBluescript SK− vector, was purchased from American Tissue Type Culture Collection (ATCC, Rockville, Md.). The EST sequence was originally cloned from a Caco-2 human colon carcinoma cell line. The EST176696 DNA was further sequenced using the T7 and T3 vector promoters and primers designed to match the known 3′ sequence. Internal primers used for sequencing were as follows: 5′-AAC AAG CGT GGC TTC AGC ATG-3′ SEQ ID NO: 5 (251S, numbering is based on the nucleotides from the 5′ end of EST176696, and S indicates the sense direction), 5′-AGC AAT ATT GTT GGT CAT-3′ SEQ ID NO: 6 (336S), 5′-GAC TTG ACA GAA AAT CTA TAA GGG-3′ SEQ ID NO: 7 (393S), 5′-TTG TAC CAG ATG GAT TTC AA-3′ SEQ ID NO: 8 (673A, A indicates the antisense direction), 5′-CAG GTC TGA AAC AGA AAA CCT-3′ SEQ ID NO: 9 (829S), 5′-ATG AAT TCT CAT TAA TTA TTC AAT AAA-3′ SEQ ID NO: 10 (1455A). The coding sequence in EST176696 showed homology to a 250 amino acid stretch corresponding to the N-terminal 44% of human gp91phox, and contained a stop codon corresponding to the location in human gp91phox. 5′ Rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE) was carried out using a human colon cDNA library and Marathon cDNA Amplification Kit (ClonTech) using 5′-ATC TCA AAA GAC TCT GCA CA-3′ SEQ ID NO: 11 (41A) as an internal gene-specific primer (Frohman et al. (1988) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 85, 8998-9002). 5′ RACE resulted in a 1.1 kb fragment representing the complete 5′ sequence, based on homology with gp91phox. Reamplification was performed with primers spanning the putative start and stop codons, using the 1.1 kb 5′ RACE product and pSK-EST176696 for primer design. The amplified 1.7 kb fragment was TA cloned into the PCR2.1 vector (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, Calif.). This recombinant vector is referred to as PCR-mox.

[0144] FIGS. 1(a-d) presents a comparison of the present amino acid sequences of human, bovine and murine gp91 phox with the human and rat mox1 proteins of the present invention and the human duox2 protein of the present invention. Also shown are the amino acid sequences for related plant enzyme proteins.

[0145] The encoded hp65mox (“mox” referring to mitogenic oxidase and “65” referring to its predicted molecular weight) is listed as SEQ ID NO: 2. h-gp91phox (SEQ ID NO: 12) and SEQ ID NO: 2 differ in length by 3 residues and are 70% identical in their amino acid sequence. h-gp91phox and SEQ ID NO: 2 show a greater percentage identity in the C-terminal half of the molecule which contains the putative NADPH and FAD binding sites, and there are several relatively long stretches of complete identity within this region.

[0146] A dendrogram (FIG. 2) comparing the amino acid sequences of mouse and human gp91phox with that of mox1 SEQ ID NO: 2 shows that the latter probably represents a distinct isoform of gp91phox. Two plant homologs of cytochrome b₅₅₈ large subunit are also indicated and represent more distant relatives of the human sequences. Human (and rat mox1 described more fully below) lack asparagine-linked glycosylation sites, which are seen in the highly glycosylated human and mouse gp91phox. Additionally, the hydropathy profiles of human gp91phox and mox1 are nearly identical and include five very hydrophobic stretches in the amino-terminal half of the molecules which are predicted to be membrane-spanning regions.

EXAMPLE 2 Expression of Mox1

[0147] Human multiple tissue northern (MTN) Blot I and Human MTN Blot IV (ClonTech) membranes were hybridized with the putative coding region of the PCR-mox vector at 68° C. for several hours. The mox coding region was labeled by random priming with [α-³²P]dCTP (10 μCi) using the Prime-It II kit (Stratagene). For analysis of mox1 expression in cell lines, total RNA was prepared from 10⁶ cells using the High Pure RNA Isolation Kit (Boehringer Mannheim) or RNeasy kit (Quiagen). Total RNA (10-20 μg) was separated on a 1% agarose formaldehyde mini-gel and transferred to a Nytran filter (Biorad) and immobilized by ultraviolet cross-linking.

[0148] Northern blotting revealed that the major location of mRNA coding for the mox1 protein was colon. The message was also detected in prostate and uterus. The human colon-carcinoma cell line, Caco-2, also expressed large quantities of mox1 message. Northern blotting of mRNA from rat aortic smooth muscle cells also showed strong hybridization, which increased roughly two-fold within 12 hours after treatment with platelet-derived growth factor. This increase in the expression of rat mox1 is consistent with the idea that mox1 contributes to the growth-stimulatory effects of PDGF.

EXAMPLE 3 Transfection of NIH3T3 Cells with SEQ ID NO: 1

[0149] The nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 1) encoding for production of the mox1 protein (SEQ ID NO: 2) was subcloned into the Not1 site of the pEF-PAC vector (obtained from Mary Dinauer, Indiana University Medical School, Indianapolis, Ind.) which has a puromycin resistance gene. Transfection was carried out as described in Sambrook et al., Molecular Cloning, A Laboratory Manual, Volumes 1-3, 2nd edition, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, N.Y., 1989. The SEQ ID NO: 1 in pEF-PAC and the empty vector were separately transfected into NIH 3T3 cells using Fugene 6 (Boeringer Mannheim). About 2×10⁶ cells maintained in DMEM containing 10% calf serum were transfected with 10 μg of DNA. After 2 days, cells were split and selected in the same medium containing 1 mg/ml puromycin. Colonies that survived in selection media for 10 to 14 days were subcultured continuously in the presence of puromycin.

[0150] Transfected cells exhibited a “transformed”-like morphology, similar to that seen with (V12)Ras-transfected cells, characterized by long spindle-like cells. The parent NIH 3T3 cells or cells transfected with the empty vector showed a normal fibroblast-like morphology.

EXAMPLE 4 Expression of Mox1 (SEQ ID NO: 1) in Transfected NIH3T3 Cells

[0151] To verify the expression of mox1 mRNA after transfection, RT-PCR and Northern blotting were performed. Total RNAs were prepared from 10⁶ cells using the High Pure RNA Isolation Kit (Boeringer Mannheim) or RNeasy kit (Qiagen). cDNAs for each colony were prepared from 1-2 μg of total RNA using Advantage RT-PCR Kit (ClonTech). PCR amplification was performed using primers, 5′-TTG GCT AAA TCC CAT CCA-3′ SEQ ID NO: 13 (NN459S, numbering containing NN indicates numbering from the start codon of mox1) and 5′-TGC ATG ACC AAC AAT ATT GCT G-3′ SEQ ID NO: 14 (NN1435A). For Northern blotting, 10-20 μg of total RNA was separated on a 1% agarose formaldehyde gel and transferred to a nylon filter. After ultraviolet (UV) cross-linking, filters were used for Northern blotting assay as described in Example 2.

[0152] Colonies expressing large amounts of mox1 mRNA were chosen for further analysis. The expression of mRNA for glyceraldehyde 3 phosphate dehydrogenase in the various cell lines was normal.

EXAMPLE 5 Colony Formation on Soft Agar

[0153] 10⁵ to 10³ cells stably transfected with human mox1 gene SEQ ID NO: 1 and with empty vector were prepared in 0.3% warm (40° C.) agar solution containing DMEM and 10% calf serum. Cells were distributed onto a hardened 0.6% agar plate prepared with DMEM and 10% calf serum. After three weeks in culture (37° C., 5% CO₂) colony formation was observed by microscopy.

[0154] Cells which were stably transfected with the empty vector and cultured in soft agar for 3 weeks as above did not display anchorage independent growth. In contrast, NIH 3T3 cells which had been stably transfected with the mox1 (SEQ ID NO: 1) and cultured for 3 weeks in soft agar demonstrated anchorage independent growth of colonies.

EXAMPLE 6 NADPH-Dependent Superoxide Generation Assay

[0155] In one embodiment of the present invention, NIH 3T3 cells stably transfected with the human mox1 gene (SEQ ID NO: 1) were analyzed for superoxide generation using the lucigenin (Bis-N-methylacridinium luminescence assay (Sigma, St. Louis, Mo., Li et al. (1998) J. Biol. Chem. 273, 2015-2023). Cells were washed with cold HANKS' solution and homogenized on ice in HANKS' buffer containing 15% sucrose using a Dounce homogenizer. Cell lysates were frozen immediately in a dry ice/ethanol bath. For the assay, 30 μg of cell lysate was mixed with 200 μM NADPH and 500 μM lucigenin. Luminescence was monitored using a LumiCounter (Packard) at three successive one minute intervals and the highest value was used for comparison. Protein concentration was determined by the Bradford method.

[0156] Superoxide generation was monitored in lysates from some of the stably transfected cell lines and was compared with superoxide generation by the untransfected NIH 3T3 cell lysates. The results are shown in Table 4. Cell lines 26, 27, and 28 gave the highest degree of morphological changes by microscopic examination corresponding to the highest degree of superoxide generation. The luminescent signal was inhibited by superoxide dismutase and the general flavoprotein inhibitor diphenylene iodonium, but was unaffected by added recombinant human p47phox, p67phox and Rac1(GTP-γS), which are essential cytosolic factors for the phagocyte respiratory-burst oxidase. TABLE 4 Superoxide Generation Cell Line Name (RLU) Control (untransfected) 6045 mox1-26 17027 mox1-27 14670 mox1-28 18411 mox1-65 5431 mox1-615 11331 mox1-+3 8645 mox1-+10 5425 mox1-pcc16 8050

[0157] In an alternate and preferred embodiment of the present invention, cells that had been stably transfected wit. mox1 (YA28) or with empty vector (NEF2) were grown in 10 cm tissue culture plates in medium containing DMEM, 10% calf serum, 100 units/ml penicillin, 100 μg/ml streptomycin, and 1 μg/ml puromycin to approximately 80% confluency. Cells (five tissue culture plates of each cell type) were washed briefly with 5 ml phosphate buffered saline (PBS) then dissociated from the plates with PBS containing 5 mM EDTA. Cells were pelleted by centrifuging briefly at 1000×g.

[0158] To permeabilize the cells, freeze thaw lysis was carried out and this was followed by passage of the cell material through a small bore needle. The supernatant was removed and the cells were frozen on dry ice for 15 minutes. After cells were thawed, 200 μl lysis buffer (HANKS' Buffered Salt Solution—HBBS) containing a mixture of protease inhibitors from Sigma (Catalog # P2714) was added. Cells on ice were passed through an 18 guage needle 10 times and 200 μl of HBSS buffer containing 34% sucrose was added to yield a final concentration of 17% sucrose. Sucrose appeared to enhance stability upon storage. The combination of freeze-thawing and passage through a needle results in lysis of essentially all of the cells, and this material is referred to as the “cell lysate.”

[0159] The cell lysates were assayed for protein concentration using the BioRad protein assay system. Cell lysates were assayed for NADPH-dependent chemiluminescence by combining HBSS buffer, arachidonic acid, and 0.01-1 μg protein in assay plates (96 well plastic plates). The reaction was initiated by adding 1.5 mM NADPH and 75 μM lucigenin to the assay mix to give a final concentration of 200 μM NADPH and 10 μM lucigenin, and the chemiluminescence was monitored immediately. The final assay volume as 150 μl. The optimal arachidonic acid concentration was between 50-100 μM. A Packard Lumicount luminometer was used to measure chemiluminescence of the reaction between lucigenin and superoxide at 37° C. The plate was monitored continuously for 60 minutes and the maximal relative luminescence unit (RLU) value for each sample was used for the graph.

[0160]FIG. 3 shows the RLU at various concentrations of cell lysates from mox1-transfected (YA28) and vector control (NEF2) cells. The presence of NaCl or KCl within a concentration range of 50-150 μM is important for optimal activity. MgCl₂ (1-5 mM) further enhanced activity by about 2-fold. This cell-free assay for mox1 NADPH-oxidase activity is useful for screening modulators (inhibitors or stimulators) of the mox1 enzyme. The assay may also be used to detect mox and duox NADPH-oxidase activity in general and to screen for modulators (inhibitors or stimulators) of the mox and duox family of enzymes.

EXAMPLE 7 Nitro Blue Tetrazolium Reduction by Superoxide Generated by NIH 3T3 cells Transfected with the Mox1 cDNA (SEQ ID NO: 1)

[0161] Superoxide generation by intact cells was monitored by using superoxide dismutase-sensitive reduction of nitroblue tetrazolium. NEF2 (vector alone control), YA26 (mox1 (SEQ ID NO: 1)-transfected) and YA28 (mox1 (SEQ ID NO: 1)-transfected) cells were plated in six well plates at 500,000 cells per well. About 24 hours later, medium was removed from cells and the cells were washed once with 1 mL Hanks solution (Sigma, St. Louis, Mo.). About 1 mL of filtered 0.25% Nitro blue tetrazolium (NBT, Sigma) was added in Hanks without or with 600 units of superoxide dismutase (Sigma) and cells were incubated at 37° C. in the presence of 5% CO₂. After 8 minutes the cells were scraped and pelleted at more than 10,000 g. The pellet was re-suspended in 10 mL of pyridine (Sigma) and heated for 10 minutes at 100° C. to solubilize the reduced NBT. The concentration of reduced NBT was determined by measuring the absorbance at 510 nm, using an extinction coefficient of 11,000 M⁻¹cm⁻¹. Some wells were untreated and used to determine cell number.

[0162] The data are presented in Table 5 and FIG. 4 and indicate that the mox1 (SEQ ID NO: 1)-transfected cells generated significant quantities of superoxide. TABLE 5 NBT Reduction (nmols/10⁶ cells) −SOD +SOD vector control cells 2.5 ± 0.5 2.1 ± 0.5 YA26 (mox1) cells 6.4 ± 0.2 3.4 ± 0.1 YA28 (mox1) cells 5.2 ± 0.6 3.4 ± 0.3

[0163] Because superoxide dismutase is not likely to penetrate cells, superoxide must be generated extracellularly. The amount of superoxide generated by these cells is about 5-10% of that generated by activated human neutrophils.

EXAMPLE 8 Modification of Intracellular Components in Mox1 Transfected Cells

[0164] To test whether superoxide generated by mox1 can affect intracellular “targets,” aconitase activity in control and mox-transfected cell lines was monitored as described in Suh et al. (1999) Nature 401, 79-82. Aconitase contains a four-iron-sulphur cluster that is highly susceptible to modification by superoxide, resulting in a loss of activity, and has been used as a reporter of intra-cellular superoxide generation. Acotinase activity was determined as described in Gardner et al. (1995) J. Biol. Chem. 270, 13399-13405. Acotinase activity was significantly diminished in all three mox-transfected cell lines designated YA26, YA28 and YA212 as compared to the transfected control (FIG. 5). Approximately 50% of the aconitase in these cells is mitochondrial, based on differential centrifugation, and the cytosolic and mitochondrial forms were both affected. Control cytosolic and mitochondrial enzymes that do not contain iron-sulfur centres were not affected. Superoxide generated in mox1-transfected cells is therefore capable of reacting with and modifying intracellular components.

EXAMPLE 9 Tumor Generation in Nude Mice Receiving Cells Transfected with the Human mox1 cDNA (SEQ ID NO: 1)

[0165] About 2×10⁶ NIH 3T3 cells (either mox1-transfected with SEQ ID NO: 1 or cells transfected using empty vector) were injected subdermally into the lateral aspect of the neck of 4-5 week old nude mice. Three to six mice were injected for each of three mox1-transfected cell lines, and 3 mice were injected with the cells transfected with empty vector (control). After 2 to 3 weeks, mice were sacrificed. The tumors were fixed in 10% formalin and characterized by histological analysis. Tumors averaged 1.5×1×1 cm in size and showed histology typical of sarcoma type tumors. In addition, tumors appeared to be highly vascularized with superficial capillaries. Eleven of twelve mice injected with mox1 gene-transfected cells developed tumors, while none of the three control animals developed tumors.

[0166] In another study, 15 mice were injected with mox1-transfected NIH 3T3 cells. Of the 15 mice injected, 14 showed large tumors within 17 days of injection, and tumors showed expression of mox1 mRNA. Histologically, the tumors resembled fibrosarcomas and were similar to ras-induced tumors. Thus, ras and mox1 were similarly potent in their ability to induce tumorigenicity of NIH 3T3 cells in athymic mice.

EXAMPLE 10 Demonstration of the Role of Mox1 in Non-Cancerous Growth

[0167] A role in normal growth was demonstrated in rat aortic vascular smooth-muscle cells by using antisense to rat mox1. Transfection with the antisense DNA resulted in a decrease in both superoxide generation and serum-dependent growth. Mox1 is therefore implicated in normal growth in this cell type.

EXAMPLE 11 Expression of Human Mox1 Protein (SEQ ID NO: 2) in a Baculovirus Expression System

[0168] SEQ ID NO: 2 was also expressed in insect cells using recombinant baculovirus. To establish the p65mox1 expressing virus system, the mox1 gene (SEQ ID NO: 1) was initially cloned into the pBacPAK8 vector (Clontech, Palo Alto, Calif.) and recombinant baculovirus was constructed using standard methods according to manufacturer's protocols. Briefly, PCR amplified mox1 DNA was cloned into the KpnI and EcoRi site of the vector. Primers used for PCR amplification were: 5′-CAA GGT ACC TCT TGA CCA TGG GAA ACT-3′, SEQ ID NO: 15, and 5′-ACG AAT TCA AGT AAA TTA CTG AAG ATA C-3′, SEQ ID NO: 16. Sf9 insect cells (2×10⁶ cells) were infected with 0.5 mg of linearized baculovirus DNA sold under the trademark BACULOGOLD® (PharMingen, San Diego, Calif.) and 5 mg pBacPAC8-p65mox1 using Transfection Buffers A and B (PharMingen, San Diego Calif.). After 5 days, the supernatants containing recombinant viruses were harvested and amplified by infecting fresh sf9 cells for 7 days. Amplification was carried out three times and the presence of the recombinant virus containing mox1 DNA was confirmed by PCR using the same primers. After three times amplification of viruses, plaque purification was carried out to obtain the high titer viruses. Approximately 2×10⁸ sf9 cells in agar plates were infected for 5 days with serial dilutions of virus and were dyed with neutral red for easy detection of virus plaques. Selected virus plaques were extracted and the presence of the human mox1 DNA was confirmed again by PCR.

EXAMPLE 12 Cloning of a Rat Homolog of p65mox (SEQ ID NO: 2)

[0169] cDNA clones of p65mox from a rat aortic smooth muscle cell have been obtained. RT-PCR (reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction) was carried out as follows: first strand cDNA synthesis was performed using total RNA from rat aortic vascular smooth muscle cells, oligo dT primer and superscript II reverse transcriptase, and followed by incubation with RNase H. Degenerate PCR primers were designed to anneal to conserved areas in the coding regions of h-mox1 and gp91phox of human (X04011), mouse (U43384) and porcine (SSU02476) origin. Primers were: sense 5′-CCIGTITGTCGIAATCTGCTSTCCTT-3′, SEQ ID NO: 17 and antisense 5′-TCCCIGCAIAICCAGTAGAARTAGATCTT-3′, SEQ ID NO: 18. A major PCR product of the expected 1.1 kb size was purified by agarose electrophoresis and used as template in a second PCR amplification reaction.

[0170] An aliquot of the RT-PCR product was blunt-ended, ligated into a modified Litmus 29 vector and used to transform XL10 competent E. coli. Approximately 120 bacterial colonies were screened for the presence of a full-length insert by direct PCR using vector primers and Taq polymerase. Plasmids were purified from 25 positive colonies and mapped by digestion with Bam HI. Representative plasmids from each digestion pattern were partially sequenced. Five out of 25 clones contained non-specific amplification products and 20 contained identical inserts similar to human (h)-mox1. One of the latter clones was fully sequenced and found to be 83% identical to h-mox1 over 1060 nucleotides. A 1.1 kb probe was generated by PCR amplification of the insert of a rat mox1 clone with the degenerate primers described above and used to hybridize to a Northern blot of rat vascular smooth muscle cell RNA. A single band, migrating between 28S rRNA and 18S rRNA, indicated the presence of a message with a size compatible to that of human mox-1 (2.6 kb).

[0171] To obtain full-length rat mox1, 3′ and 5′ rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE) reactions were performed as describe above, using the gene-specific primers 5′-TTGGCACAGTCAGTGAGGATGTCTTC-3′, SEQ ID NO: 19 and 5′-CTGTTGGCTTCTACTGTAGCGTTCAAAGTT-3′, SEQ ID NO: 20 for 3′ and 5′ RACE, respectively. Single major 1.5 kb and 850 bp products were obtained for 3′ and 5′ RACE, respectively. These products were purified by agarose gel eletrophoresis and reamplified with Taq polymerase. Both products were cloned into the pCR 2.1 vector and used to transform electrocompetent XL1 blue E. coli. The RACE products were sequenced and new terminal primers were designed: sense 5′-TTCTGAGTAGGTGTGCATTTGAGTGTCATAAAGAC-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 43), and antisense 5′-TTTTCCGTCAAAATTATAACTTTTTATTTTCTTTTTATA ACACAT-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 44). PCR amplification of rat VSMC cDNA was performed using these primers.

[0172] A single 2.6 kb product was obtained, ligated into pCR 2.1 and used to transform electrocompetent XL1 blue E. coli. The insert was sequenced with 12 sense and 14 antisense primers. Its length is 2577 bp (including primer sequences), comprising a 1692 bp open reading frame, 127 bp 5′ and 758 bp 3′ untranslated regions. The presence of six in-frame stop codons in the 5′ untranslated region suggests that the full length coding region has been obtained. Consensus polyadenylation sequences are present at nucleotides 2201 and 2550. Conceptual translation yields a 563 amino acid peptide, one residue shorter than the human deduced sequence. This new amino acid sequence is more similar to human mox1 SEQ ID NO: 3 (82% identity) than to mouse gp91phox SEQ ID NO: 38 (55% identity), suggesting that it is indeed rat mox1 (SEQ ID NO: 21). This rat (r) homolog of p65mox protein is called r-p65mox or p65mox/rat.pep and is shown as SEQ ID NO: 21. The nucleotide sequence encoding for r-p65mox is shown as SEQ ID NO: 22

EXAMPLE 13 Expression of Rat (r)-p65mox mRNA in Vascular Smooth Muscle and Induction by Angiotensin II, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor (PDGF), and Phorbol Myristic Acid (PMA)

[0173] Using the partial cDNA clone from rat, we have examined cultured rat aortic smooth muscle cells for expression of message for r-p65mox. We have observed the mRNA for r-p65mox in these cells. It has been previously reported (Griendling et al. (1994) Circ. Res. 74, 1141-1148; Fukui et al. (1997) Circ. Res. 80, 45-51; Ushio-Fukai et al. (1996) J. Biol. Chem. 271, 23317-23321) that in vitro or in vivo treatment with angiotensin II (AII) is a growth stimulus for vascular smooth muscle cells, and that All induces increased superoxide generation in these cells. Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) and PMA are proliferative signals for vascular smooth muscle cells. We observed that the mRNA for r-p65mox was induced approximately 2-3 fold by angiotensin II (100 nM), corresponding to the increased level of superoxide generation. Thus, the increased superoxide generation in these cells correlates with increased expression of the mRNA for this enzyme. The mRNA for r-p65mox also increased 2 or more fold in response to the growth stimulus PDGF (20 ng/ml), and 2-3 fold in response to PMA. Quantitation by densitometry revealed that rat mox1 message was induced nearly 4-fold at the 6 and 12 hour. time points in response to PDGF, and about 2-fold at the 12 hour time point in response to All. 28S RNA was used as a control for RNA recovery.

EXAMPLE 14 Antibodies to Fragments of Human (h)-p65mox (SEQ ID NO: 2)

[0174] Polyclonal antibodies were raised in rabbits against the C-terminal half of h-p65mox (residues 233 through 564, SEQ ID NO: 23) which is predicted to fold into a cytosolic domain containing FAD and the NADPH or NADH binding site. This domain was expressed in E. coli as an N-terminal GST-fusion protein and was purified on glutathione agarose by standard methods. Two antipeptide antibodies were also made against h-p65mox (residues 243-256, referred to as Peptide A, SEQ ID NO: 24) and h-65mox (residues 538-551, referred to as Peptide B, SEQ ID NO: 25). Peptides were conjugated to keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH) using glutaraldehyde.

[0175] Antigens were injected into different rabbits initially in complete Freund's adjuvant, and were boosted 4 times with antigen in incomplete Freund's adjuvant at intervals of every three weeks. Approximately 0.5 mg to 1 mg of peptide was administered at each injection. Blood was drawn 1 week after each boost and a terminal bleed was carried out 2 weeks after the final boost. Antibodies to Peptide A and Peptide B were affinity purified by column chromatography through peptide A or peptide B conjugated to Affigel 15 (Bio-Rad, Richmond, Calif.). 10 mg of peptide was covalently crosslinked to 2 ml of Affigel 15 resin and the gel was washed with 20 ml of binding buffer (20 mM Hepes/NaOH, pH 7.0, 200 mM NaCl, and 0.5% Triton X-100). The remaining functional N-hydrosuccinimide was blocked with 100 μl of 1 M ethanolamine. After washing with 20 ml of binding buffer, 5 ml of the antiserum was incubated with the pep A-conjugated Affigel 15 resin overnight at 4° C. Unbound protein was washed away with 20 ml of binding buffer. Elution of the antibodies from the gel was performed with 6 ml of elution buffer (100 mM glycine/HCl, pH 2.5, 200 mM NaCl, and 0.5% Triton X-100). The eluate was then neutralized by adding 0.9 ml of 1 M Tris/HCl, pH 8.0. The GST-fusion form of truncated p65mox1 protein (residues 233-566, SEQ ID NO: 23) was expressed in E. coli. Samples (20 μg each) were run on 12% SDS-PAGE either before or 1 or 4 hours after induction with 100 μM IPTG (isopropyl β-thiogalactoside).

[0176] The extracted proteins were subjected to immunoprobing with affinity purified antiserum to peptide A at a 1:1000 dilution. The detection of antigens was performed using an enhanced chemiluminescence kit (Amersham, Buckinghamshire, UK). The affinity purified antibody to mox1 (243-256, SEQ ID NO: 24) was used at a dilution of 1:1000 in a Western blot in which a total of 10 μg of protein was added to each lane. The major band observed at 4 hours after IPTG induction corresponded to the size of the GST-mox1 expressed in bacteria containing the pGEX-2T vector encoding the GST-mox1 fusion protein.

EXAMPLE 15 Presence of an NAD(P)H Oxidase in Ras-Transformed Fibroblasts

[0177] A superoxide-generating NADPH oxidase activity was detected in homogenates from NIH 3T3 cells, and this activity increased about 10-15 fold in Ras-transformed NIH 3T3 cells (Table 6). To establish the stable Ras-transformed cell lines, the DNA for human Ras encoding an activating mutation at amino acid number 12 (Valine, referred to as V12-Ras) was subcloned into BamH1 and EcoR1 sites of pCDNA3 vector which has a neomycin resistance gene. V12-Ras in pCDNA3 and empty vector were transfected into NIH 3T3 cells using Lipofectamine Plus (Gibco). 2×10⁶ cells were maintained with DMEM containing 10% calf serum and transfected with 1 mg of DNA. After 2-days, cells were split and selected with the same medium but containing 1 mg/ml neomycin. Colonies surviving in selection media for 10 to 14 days were sub-cultured and characterized by immunoblot analysis using antibody against human H-Ras.

[0178] The expression of Ras in cells transfected with pcDNA-3 vector alone or in three cell lines transfected with V12-Ras in the same vector was analyzed on a Western blot. The three cell lines were named V12-Ras-7, V12-Ras-4, and V12-Ras-8. The expression of V12-Ras varied widely among the three cell lines tested. The V12-Ras-4 cell line expressed the highest level of Ras followed by the V12-Ras-8 cell line. The V12-Ras-7 cell line expressed the lowest level of Ras.

[0179] Lysates from each of these lines were then prepared and tested for their ability to generate superoxide. For each cell line, cells were washed with cold HANKS' balanced salt solution (HBSS), collected by centrifugation, kept on dry-ice for more than 30 min, and disrupted by suspending in low salt buffer (LSB; 50 mM Tris/HCl, pH 7.5, 1 mM PMSF, and protease cocktail from Sigma) and passing through a syringe needle (18 gauge) ten times. Cell lysates were frozen in dry-ice immediately after determining the protein concentration.

[0180] Table 6 shows superoxide generation in the transfected cells measured using the lucigenin luminescence assay. For the assay, 5 μg of cell lysates were incubated with the reaction mixture containing 10 μM lucigenin (luminescent probe) and 100 μM NADPH (substrate) in the presence or absence of 100 μM arachidonate in the absence or presence of 100 U of superoxide dismutase (SOD) or 1 μM diphenyleneiodonium (DPI). Luminescence of the reaction. mixture was monitored for 0.5 second by LumiCounter (Packard) for four times at 3 second intervals. RLU in Table 5 refers to relative luminescence units.

[0181] As shown in Table 6, the luminescence was partially inhibited by superoxide dismutase indicating that the signal was due at least in part to the generation of superoxide. DPI, a known inhibitor of both neutrophil and non-neutrophil NADPH oxidase activities, completely inhibited activity. The generation of superoxide correlated with the expression of Ras in the three cell lines. Thus, oncogenic Ras appears to induce an NADPH-dependent superoxide generating activity that is similar to the activity catalyzed by p65mox1. TABLE 6 RLU/5 μg protein DPI no additions plus SOD plus Vector Control (1) 465 154 48 V12-Ras-7 (2) 1680 578 39 V12-Ras-4 (3) 5975 2128 36 V12-Ras-8 (4) 4883 2000 35

EXAMPLE 16 Molecular Cloning of Another Rat mox1 cDNA Called Rat mox1B

[0182] A rat cDNA library was screened in an effort to identify new rat mox sequences. The library was constructed in a ZAP express lambda phage vector (Stratagene, La Jolla, Calif.) using RNA isolated from rat vascular smooth muscle cells which had been exposed to 100 nM angiotensin II for 4 hours. The library was screened using standard blot hybridization techniques with the rat mox1 probe described previously. Fifteen individual clones were obtained that were characterized by PCR and restriction mapping. Two different types of clones were thus identified and representatives of each type were sequenced. A clone of the first type (representative of 13) was found to be similar to the previously identified rat mox1 and was thus named rat mox1B. Clones of the second type (representative of 2) were incomplete rat mox sequences.

[0183] The length of the rat mox1B nucleotide sequence is 2619 bp and is listed as SEQ ID NO: 41. The single longest 1497 bp open reading frame encompasses nucleotides 362 to 1858. The presence of two in-frame stop codons in the 5′ untranslated region at nucleotides 74 and 257 indicates that the full-length coding region has been isolated. Two putative polyadenylation sites are present at positions 2243 and 2592. Alignment of the rat mox1 nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 22) and the rat mox1B nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 41) shows that the two nucleotides sequences are identical except at their 5′ ends, suggesting that they may represent two alternatively spliced messages from the same gene. Sequence identity starts at nucleotides 269 and 311, for rat mox1 and rat mox1B, respectively.

[0184] Conceptual translation of the rat mox1B nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 41) yields a 499 amino acid sequence with a predicted molecular weight of 58 kDa. This amino acid sequence for rat mox1B protein is shown in SEQ ID NO: 42. Alignment of the deduced amino acid sequences for rat mox1 (SEQ ID NO: 21) and rat mox1B (SEQ ID NO: 42) indicates that rat mox1B is identical to rat mox1A, except for a missing stretch of 64 residues at the N-terminus. Therefore, rat mox1B appears to be a splicing variant derived from the same gene as rat mox1.

EXAMPLE 17 Sequence Analysis and Cloning of the Human Mox2 cDNA (SEQ ID NO: 3) Encoding for Production of the Human Mox2 Protein (SEQ ID NO: 4)

[0185] Note that the mox2 protein as described herein, was described in U.S. Provisional Application Serial No. 60/149,332 as mox3.

[0186] A blast search was carried out using the sequence of mox1 as a query sequence. The sequence identified by this search was a sequence present in the GenBank database that contains regions of homology with mox1 and gp91phox. The GenBank sequence located in the search was a 90.6 kb sequenced region of human chromosome 6 (6q25.1-26) that was reported as a GenBank direct submission dated Feb. 9, 1999 and given the Accession No. AL031773. Sequencing was carried out as part of the human genome sequencing project by S. Palmer, at Sanger Centre, in Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, UK. The GenBank sequence was reported as being similar to “Cytochrome B” and was not reported as having any homology or relation to a mox protein. The sequence contained a theoretical amino acid sequence that was derived by computer using an algorithm that predicted intron/exon boundaries and coding regions. This predicted region contained a 545 amino acid sequence that was 56% identical to mox1 and 58% identical to gp91phox.

[0187] In the present invention, based on the GenBank genomic sequence and the homologies described above, several specific primers were designed and used to determine the tissue expression patterns of a novel mox protein, mox2, using Human Multiple Tissue PCR Panels (Clontech, Palo Alto, Calif.). The primers were as follows: Primer 1: 5′-CCTGACAGATGTATTTCACTACCCAG-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 49); Primer 2: 5′-GGATCGGAGTCACTCCCTTCGCTG-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 50); Primer 3: 5′-CTAGAAGCTCTCCTTGTTGTAATAGA-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 51); Primer 4: 5′-ATGAACACCTCTGGGGTCAGCTGA-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 52). It was determined that mox2 is expressed primarily in fetal tissues, with highest expression in fetal kidney, with expression also seen in fetal liver, fetal lung, fetal brain, fetal spleen and fetal thymus. Among 16 adult tissues tested, mox2 expression was seen in brain, kidney, colon and lung, although levels of expression appeared to be very low.

[0188] Additionally, the 5′ RACE (RACE=Rapid Amplification of cDNA Ends) and 3′ RACE techniques were used to complete the sequence of the 5′ and 3′ regions of mox2. (5′ RACE kit and 3′ RACE kit were from Clontech, Palo Alto, Calif. and are more fully described in Frohman et al. (1988) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 85, 8998-9002. The 5′ RACE and 3′-RACE techniques were carried out using a human fetal kidney library (Marathon-Ready cDNA library, Cat. #7423-1), using the following specific primers: 5′-RACE: Primer 4: 5′-ATGAACACCTCTGGGGTCAGCTGA-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 53); Primer 5: 5′-GTCCTCTGCAGCATTGTTCCTCTTA-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 54); 3′-RACE: Primer 1: 5′-CCTGACAGATGTATTTCACTACCCAG-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 55); Primer 2: 5′-GGATCGGAGTCACTCCCTTCGCTG-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 56). The RACE procedures were successful in completing the 5′ sequence and in confirming the 3′ sequence. The complete coding sequence of mox2 is shown in SEQ ID NO: 2, while the predicted amino acid sequence of mox2 is shown in SEQ ID NO: 4.

[0189] In comparing the sequences of the present invention to the predicted coding regions of the GenBank sequence, the GenBank sequence did not contain a start codon, appeared to be missing approximately 45 base pairs at the N-terminus, and contained one other major difference in the predicted coding region which could have been due to inaccurate computer prediction of intron/exon boundaries.

EXAMPLE 18 Sequence Analysis and Partial Cloning of the Human Duox2 cDNA (SEQ ID NO: 47) Encoding for Production of the Human Duox2 Protein (SEQ ID NO: 48)

[0190] A partial cDNA clone of duox2 was obtained as follows. A 535-base portion of an expressed sequence tag (EST zc92h03.r1; Genbank accession no. W52750) from human pancreatic islet was identified using the human gp91phox amino-acid sequence as a query in a Blast search. The bacterial strain #595758 containing the EST sequence zc92h03.r1 in the pBluescript SK-vector was purchased from ATCC (Rockville, Md.). The DNA inserted into the pBluescript SK-vector was further sequenced using T7 and T3 vector promoters as well as sequence specific internal primers. The EST encoded 440 amino acids showing a 24.4% identity to gp91phox, including a stop codon corresponding to the C-5 terminus of gp91phox. 5′-RACE was carried out using mRNA obtained from human colon carcinoma cells (CaCo2) and the Marathon cDNA Amplification Kit (ClonTech, Palo Alto). The following gene-specific primers were used for this procedure: 5′-GAAGTGGTGGGAGGCGAAGACATA-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 26) and 5′-CCTGTCATACCTGGGACGGTCTGG-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 27).

[0191] The results of the 5′-RACE yielded an additional 2 kilobase of sequenced DNA but this region did not contain the start codon. To complete the sequence of the 5′ and 3′ regions of duox2, 5′- RACE and 3′-RACE were carried out using a human adult pancreas mRNA (Clontech, Palo Alto, Calif.) with the kit of 5′ RACE System for Rapid Amplification of cDNA Ends version 2.0 (Gibco BRL, Gaithersburg, Md.). PCR done using the following specific primers resulted in a total predicted amino acid sequence of about 1000 residues: 5′-RACE: Primer 3: 5′-GAGCACAGTGAGATGCCTGTTCAG-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 28); Primer 4: 5′-GGAAGGCAGCAGAGAGCAATGATG-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 29) (for nested PCR); 3′-RACE Primer 5: 5′-ACATCTGCGAGCGGCACTTCCAGA-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 30) Primer 6: 5′-AGCTCGTCAACAGGCAGGACCGAGC-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 31) (for nested PCR).

EXAMPLE 19 Sequence Analysis and Cloning of the Human Duox1 cDNA (SEQ ID NO: 45) Encoding for Production of the Human Duox1 Protein (SEQ ID NO: 46)

[0192] A cDNA clone of duox1 was obtained as follows. A homologous 357-base portion of an expressed sequence tag (EST nr80d12.s1; Genbank accession no. AA641653) from an invasive human prostate was identified by using the partial duox2 predicted amino-acid sequence described above as a query in a Blast search. The bacterial strain #1441736 containing the EST sequence nr80d12.s1 in the pBluescript SK-vector was purchased from ATCC (Rockville, Md.). The DNA inserted into the pBluescript SK-vector was further sequenced using T7 and T3 vector promoters as well as sequence specific internal primers. The EST insert encoded 673 amino acids with no start or stop codons present. Northern Blot analysis of duox1 indicated the gene was about 5.5 kilobase pairs. To complete the sequence of 5′ and 3′ regions of duox1, 5′ RACE and 3′-RACE were carried out using a human adult lung mRNA (Clontech, Palo Alto, Calif.) with the kit of 5′ RACE System for Rapid Amplification of cDNA Ends version 2.0 (Gibco BRL, Gaithersburg, Md.). The RACE procedure was carried out using the following specific primers: 5′-RACE: Primer 5: 5′-GCAGTGCATCCACATCTTCAGCAC-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 32); Primer 6: 5′-GAGAGCTCTGGAGACACTTGAGTTC-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 33) (for nested PCR); 3′-RACE Primer 7: 5′-CATGTTCTCTCTGGCTGACAAG-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 34); Primer 8: 5′ -CACAATAGCGAGCTCCGCTTCACGC-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 35) (for nested PCR). RACE procedures were successful in completing the 5′ sequence and the 3′ sequence of duox1. The open reading frame is approximately 4563 base pairs.

EXAMPLE 20 Tissue Expression of Duox1 and Duox2

[0193] Based on the duox1 sequence data, several specific primers were designed (Primer 1a: 5′-GCAGGACATCAACCCTGCACTCTC-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 36); Primer 2a: 5′-AATGACACTGTACTGGAGGCCACAG-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 57); Primer 3a: 5′-CTGCCATCTACCACACGGATCTGC-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 58); Primer 4a: 5′-CTTGCCATTCCAAAGCTTCCATGC-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 59) and used these to determine the tissue expression patterns of duox1 using Human Multiple Tissue PCR Panels (Clontech, Palo Alto, Calif.). It was determined that duox1 is expressed primarily in lung, testis, placenta, prostate, pancreas, fetal heart, fetal kidney, fetal liver, fetal lung, fetal skeletal muscle and thymus, with highest expression in adult and fetal lung. Among 16 adult tissues and 8 fetal tissues tested, duox1 expression in brain, heart, kidney, colon, ovary, thymus, fetal brain and fetal spleen appeared to be low.

[0194] Two duox2 specific primers were also used to determine the tissue expression patterns of duox2 using Human Multiple Tissue PCR (polymerase chain reaction) Panels (Clontech, Palo Alto, Calif.). (Primer 1b: 5′-GTACAAGTCAGGACAGTGGGTGCG-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 60); Primer 2b: 5′-TGGATGATGTCAGCCAGCCACTCA-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 61)). Duox2 is expressed primarily in lung, pancreas, placenta, colon, prostate, testis and fetal tissues, with highest expression in adult lung and fetal tissues. Among 16 adult tissues and 8 fetal tissues tested, duox2 expression in brain, heart, kidney, liver, skeletal muscle, thymus and fetal brain appeared to be low.

EXAMPLE 21 Role of Duox1 and Duox2 in Collagen Crosslinking

[0195] To investigate a possible role for the human duox1 and duox2, the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans and a new reverse genetic tool, RNA interference (RNAi), were used to “knock out” the homologues of duox in this organism (Fire et al. (1998) Nature 391, 806-811). This technique involved injection of double stranded RNA encoding a segment of Ce-duox1 or Ce-duox2 into gonads of C. elegans N2 hermaphrodites. Injected worms were then allowed to lay eggs, and the harvested eggs were allowed to develop and the F1 progeny were scored for phenotypes. This procedure has been documented to “knock-out” the expression of the gene of interest (Fire et al. (1998) Nature 391, 806-811).

[0196] In the case of Ce-duox1 and Ce-duox2, the knockout animals resulted in a complex phenotype including worms with large superficial blisters, short or “dumpy” worms, worms with locomotion disorders, and worms with retained eggs and/or larvae. Because of the high identity between Ce-duox1 and Ce-duox2, three different RNA constructs were predicted to knock out either both genes or Ce-duox2 alone. In all cases, essentially the same group of phenotypes was obtained. Most or all of these phenotypes had been described previously in C. elegans mutated in the collagen biosynthetic pathway. C. elegans has an extracellular structure known as the cuticle, a complex sheath composed largely of cross-linked collagen, which functions as the exoskeleton of the nematode. Cross-linking of collagen in nematodes occurs in part by cross-linking tyrosine residues, and peroxidases such as sea urchin ovoperoxidase and human myeloperoxidase have previously been shown to be capable of carrying out this reaction.

[0197] Based upon the similarities of the phenotypes obtained, the Ce-duox1/2 knockout worms were examined for the presence of dityrosine linkages, using an HPLC methodology (Andersen, S. O. (1966) Acta Physiol. Scand. 66, Suppl. 263-265; Abdelrahim et al. (1997) J. Chromatogr. B Biomed. Sci. Appl. 696, 175-182). It was determined that dityrosine linkages, while easily detected in the wild type worms, were almost completely lacking in the knockout worms. Thus, an inability to catalyze dityrosine cross-linking accounts for the phenotype of C. elegans failing to express Ce-duox1/2. These data support the concept that the duox enzymes in higher organisms can probably function in a similar manner to modulate the extracellular milieu, possibly the extracellular matrix and/or the basement membrane.

[0198] All patents, publications and abstracts cited above are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety. It should be understood that the foregoing relates only to preferred embodiments of the present invention and that numerous modifications or alterations may be made therein without departing from the spirit and the scope of the present invention as defined in the following claims.

1 61 1 2609 DNA Homo sapiens modified_base (2025) n at position 2025 = any nucleotide 1 gctgatagca cagttctgtc cagagaagga aggcggaata aacttattca ttcccaggaa 60 ctcttggggt aggtgtgtgt ttttcacatc ttaaaggctc acagaccctg cgctggacaa 120 atgttccatt cctgaaggac ctctccagaa tccggattgc tgaatcttcc ctgttgccta 180 gaagggctcc aaaccacctc ttgaca atg gga aac tgg gtg gtt aac cac tgg 233 Met Gly Asn Trp Val Val Asn His Trp 1 5 ttt tca gtt ttg ttt ctg gtt gtt tgg tta ggg ctg aat gtt ttc ctg 281 Phe Ser Val Leu Phe Leu Val Val Trp Leu Gly Leu Asn Val Phe Leu 10 15 20 25 ttt gtg gat gcc ttc ctg aaa tat gag aag gcc gac aaa tac tac tac 329 Phe Val Asp Ala Phe Leu Lys Tyr Glu Lys Ala Asp Lys Tyr Tyr Tyr 30 35 40 aca aga aaa atc ctt ggg tca aca ttg gcc tgt gcc cga gcg tct gct 377 Thr Arg Lys Ile Leu Gly Ser Thr Leu Ala Cys Ala Arg Ala Ser Ala 45 50 55 ctc tgc ttg aat ttt aac agc acg ctg atc ctg ctt cct gtg tgt cgc 425 Leu Cys Leu Asn Phe Asn Ser Thr Leu Ile Leu Leu Pro Val Cys Arg 60 65 70 aat ctg ctg tcc ttc ctg agg ggc acc tgc tca ttt tgc agc cgc aca 473 Asn Leu Leu Ser Phe Leu Arg Gly Thr Cys Ser Phe Cys Ser Arg Thr 75 80 85 ctg aga aag caa ttg gat cac aac ctc acc ttc cac aag ctg gtg gcc 521 Leu Arg Lys Gln Leu Asp His Asn Leu Thr Phe His Lys Leu Val Ala 90 95 100 105 tat atg atc tgc cta cat aca gct att cac atc att gca cac ctg ttt 569 Tyr Met Ile Cys Leu His Thr Ala Ile His Ile Ile Ala His Leu Phe 110 115 120 aac ttt gac tgc tat agc aga agc cga cag gcc aca gat ggc tcc ctt 617 Asn Phe Asp Cys Tyr Ser Arg Ser Arg Gln Ala Thr Asp Gly Ser Leu 125 130 135 gcc tcc att ctc tcc agc cta tct cat gat gag aaa aag ggg ggt tct 665 Ala Ser Ile Leu Ser Ser Leu Ser His Asp Glu Lys Lys Gly Gly Ser 140 145 150 tgg cta aat ccc atc cag tcc cga aac acg aca gtg gag tat gtg aca 713 Trp Leu Asn Pro Ile Gln Ser Arg Asn Thr Thr Val Glu Tyr Val Thr 155 160 165 ttc acc agc gtt gct ggt ctc act gga gtg atc atg aca ata gcc ttg 761 Phe Thr Ser Val Ala Gly Leu Thr Gly Val Ile Met Thr Ile Ala Leu 170 175 180 185 att ctc atg gta act tca gct act gag ttc atc cgg agg agt tat ttt 809 Ile Leu Met Val Thr Ser Ala Thr Glu Phe Ile Arg Arg Ser Tyr Phe 190 195 200 gaa gtc ttc tgg tat act cac cac ctt ttt atc ttc tat atc ctt ggc 857 Glu Val Phe Trp Tyr Thr His His Leu Phe Ile Phe Tyr Ile Leu Gly 205 210 215 tta ggg att cac ggc att ggt gga att gtc cgg ggt caa aca gag gag 905 Leu Gly Ile His Gly Ile Gly Gly Ile Val Arg Gly Gln Thr Glu Glu 220 225 230 agc atg aat gag agt cat cct cgc aag tgt gca gag tct ttt gag atg 953 Ser Met Asn Glu Ser His Pro Arg Lys Cys Ala Glu Ser Phe Glu Met 235 240 245 tgg gat gat cgt gac tcc cac tgt agg cgc cct aag ttt gaa ggg cat 1001 Trp Asp Asp Arg Asp Ser His Cys Arg Arg Pro Lys Phe Glu Gly His 250 255 260 265 ccc cct gag tct tgg aag tgg atc ctt gca ccg gtc att ctt tat atc 1049 Pro Pro Glu Ser Trp Lys Trp Ile Leu Ala Pro Val Ile Leu Tyr Ile 270 275 280 tgt gaa agg atc ctc cgg ttt tac cgc tcc cag cag aag gtt gtg att 1097 Cys Glu Arg Ile Leu Arg Phe Tyr Arg Ser Gln Gln Lys Val Val Ile 285 290 295 acc aag gtt gtt atg cac cca tcc aaa gtt ttg gaa ttg cag atg aac 1145 Thr Lys Val Val Met His Pro Ser Lys Val Leu Glu Leu Gln Met Asn 300 305 310 aag cgt ggc ttc agc atg gaa gtg ggg cag tat atc ttt gtt aat tgc 1193 Lys Arg Gly Phe Ser Met Glu Val Gly Gln Tyr Ile Phe Val Asn Cys 315 320 325 ccc tca atc tct ctc ctg gaa tgg cat cct ttt act ttg acc tct gct 1241 Pro Ser Ile Ser Leu Leu Glu Trp His Pro Phe Thr Leu Thr Ser Ala 330 335 340 345 cca gag gaa gat ttc ttc tcc att cat atc cga gca gca ggg gac tgg 1289 Pro Glu Glu Asp Phe Phe Ser Ile His Ile Arg Ala Ala Gly Asp Trp 350 355 360 aca gaa aat ctc ata agg gct ttc gaa caa caa tat tca cca att ccc 1337 Thr Glu Asn Leu Ile Arg Ala Phe Glu Gln Gln Tyr Ser Pro Ile Pro 365 370 375 agg att gaa gtg gat ggt ccc ttt ggc aca gcc agt gag gat gtt ttc 1385 Arg Ile Glu Val Asp Gly Pro Phe Gly Thr Ala Ser Glu Asp Val Phe 380 385 390 cag tat gaa gtg gct gtg ctg gtt gga gca gga att ggg gtc acc ccc 1433 Gln Tyr Glu Val Ala Val Leu Val Gly Ala Gly Ile Gly Val Thr Pro 395 400 405 ttt gct tct atc ttg aaa tcc atc tgg tac aaa ttc cag tgt gca gac 1481 Phe Ala Ser Ile Leu Lys Ser Ile Trp Tyr Lys Phe Gln Cys Ala Asp 410 415 420 425 cac aac ctc aaa aca aaa aag atc tat ttc tac tgg atc tgc agg gag 1529 His Asn Leu Lys Thr Lys Lys Ile Tyr Phe Tyr Trp Ile Cys Arg Glu 430 435 440 aca ggt gcc ttt tcc tgg ttc aac aac ctg ttg act tcc ctg gaa cag 1577 Thr Gly Ala Phe Ser Trp Phe Asn Asn Leu Leu Thr Ser Leu Glu Gln 445 450 455 gag atg gag gaa tta ggc aaa gtg ggt ttt cta aac tac cgt ctc ttc 1625 Glu Met Glu Glu Leu Gly Lys Val Gly Phe Leu Asn Tyr Arg Leu Phe 460 465 470 ctc acc gga tgg gac agc aat att gtt ggt cat gca gca tta aac ttt 1673 Leu Thr Gly Trp Asp Ser Asn Ile Val Gly His Ala Ala Leu Asn Phe 475 480 485 gac aag gcc act gac atc gtg aca ggt ctg aaa cag aaa acc tcc ttt 1721 Asp Lys Ala Thr Asp Ile Val Thr Gly Leu Lys Gln Lys Thr Ser Phe 490 495 500 505 ggg aga cca atg tgg gac aat gag ttt tct aca ata gct acc tcc cac 1769 Gly Arg Pro Met Trp Asp Asn Glu Phe Ser Thr Ile Ala Thr Ser His 510 515 520 ccc aag tct gta gtg gga gtt ttc tta tgt ggc cct cgg act ttg gca 1817 Pro Lys Ser Val Val Gly Val Phe Leu Cys Gly Pro Arg Thr Leu Ala 525 530 535 aag agc ctg cgc aaa tgc tgt cac cga tat tcc agt ctg gat cct aga 1865 Lys Ser Leu Arg Lys Cys Cys His Arg Tyr Ser Ser Leu Asp Pro Arg 540 545 550 aag gtt caa ttc tac ttc aac aaa gaa aat ttt tga gttataggaa 1911 Lys Val Gln Phe Tyr Phe Asn Lys Glu Asn Phe 555 560 565 taaggacggt aatctgcatt ttgtctcttt gtatcttcag taattgagtt ataggaataa 1971 ggacggtaat ctgcattttg tctctttgta tcttcagtaa tttacttggt ctcntcaggt 2031 ttgancagtc actttaggat aagaatgtgc ctctcaagcc ttgactccct ggtattcttt 2091 ttttgattgc attcaacttc gttacttgag cttcagcaac ttaagaactt ctgaagttct 2151 taaagttctg aanttcttaa agcccatgga tcctttctca gaaaaataac tgtaaatctt 2211 tctggacagc catgactgta gcaaggcttg atagcagaag tttggtggtt canaattata 2271 caactaatcc caggtgattt tatcaattcc agtgttacca tctcctgagt tttggtttgt 2331 aatcttttgt ccctcccacc cccacagaag attttaagta gggtgacttt ttaaataaaa 2391 atttattgaa taattaatga taaaacataa taataaacat aaataataaa caaaattacc 2451 gagaacccca tccccatata acaccaacag tgtacatgtt tactgtcact tttgatatgg 2511 tttatccagt gtgaacagca atttattatt tttgctcatc aaaaaataaa ggattttttt 2571 tcacttgaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaa 2609 2 564 PRT Homo sapiens 2 Met Gly Asn Trp Val Val Asn His Trp Phe Ser Val Leu Phe Leu Val 1 5 10 15 Val Trp Leu Gly Leu Asn Val Phe Leu Phe Val Asp Ala Phe Leu Lys 20 25 30 Tyr Glu Lys Ala Asp Lys Tyr Tyr Tyr Thr Arg Lys Ile Leu Gly Ser 35 40 45 Thr Leu Ala Cys Ala Arg Ala Ser Ala Leu Cys Leu Asn Phe Asn Ser 50 55 60 Thr Leu Ile Leu Leu Pro Val Cys Arg Asn Leu Leu Ser Phe Leu Arg 65 70 75 80 Gly Thr Cys Ser Phe Cys Ser Arg Thr Leu Arg Lys Gln Leu Asp His 85 90 95 Asn Leu Thr Phe His Lys Leu Val Ala Tyr Met Ile Cys Leu His Thr 100 105 110 Ala Ile His Ile Ile Ala His Leu Phe Asn Phe Asp Cys Tyr Ser Arg 115 120 125 Ser Arg Gln Ala Thr Asp Gly Ser Leu Ala Ser Ile Leu Ser Ser Leu 130 135 140 Ser His Asp Glu Lys Lys Gly Gly Ser Trp Leu Asn Pro Ile Gln Ser 145 150 155 160 Arg Asn Thr Thr Val Glu Tyr Val Thr Phe Thr Ser Val Ala Gly Leu 165 170 175 Thr Gly Val Ile Met Thr Ile Ala Leu Ile Leu Met Val Thr Ser Ala 180 185 190 Thr Glu Phe Ile Arg Arg Ser Tyr Phe Glu Val Phe Trp Tyr Thr His 195 200 205 His Leu Phe Ile Phe Tyr Ile Leu Gly Leu Gly Ile His Gly Ile Gly 210 215 220 Gly Ile Val Arg Gly Gln Thr Glu Glu Ser Met Asn Glu Ser His Pro 225 230 235 240 Arg Lys Cys Ala Glu Ser Phe Glu Met Trp Asp Asp Arg Asp Ser His 245 250 255 Cys Arg Arg Pro Lys Phe Glu Gly His Pro Pro Glu Ser Trp Lys Trp 260 265 270 Ile Leu Ala Pro Val Ile Leu Tyr Ile Cys Glu Arg Ile Leu Arg Phe 275 280 285 Tyr Arg Ser Gln Gln Lys Val Val Ile Thr Lys Val Val Met His Pro 290 295 300 Ser Lys Val Leu Glu Leu Gln Met Asn Lys Arg Gly Phe Ser Met Glu 305 310 315 320 Val Gly Gln Tyr Ile Phe Val Asn Cys Pro Ser Ile Ser Leu Leu Glu 325 330 335 Trp His Pro Phe Thr Leu Thr Ser Ala Pro Glu Glu Asp Phe Phe Ser 340 345 350 Ile His Ile Arg Ala Ala Gly Asp Trp Thr Glu Asn Leu Ile Arg Ala 355 360 365 Phe Glu Gln Gln Tyr Ser Pro Ile Pro Arg Ile Glu Val Asp Gly Pro 370 375 380 Phe Gly Thr Ala Ser Glu Asp Val Phe Gln Tyr Glu Val Ala Val Leu 385 390 395 400 Val Gly Ala Gly Ile Gly Val Thr Pro Phe Ala Ser Ile Leu Lys Ser 405 410 415 Ile Trp Tyr Lys Phe Gln Cys Ala Asp His Asn Leu Lys Thr Lys Lys 420 425 430 Ile Tyr Phe Tyr Trp Ile Cys Arg Glu Thr Gly Ala Phe Ser Trp Phe 435 440 445 Asn Asn Leu Leu Thr Ser Leu Glu Gln Glu Met Glu Glu Leu Gly Lys 450 455 460 Val Gly Phe Leu Asn Tyr Arg Leu Phe Leu Thr Gly Trp Asp Ser Asn 465 470 475 480 Ile Val Gly His Ala Ala Leu Asn Phe Asp Lys Ala Thr Asp Ile Val 485 490 495 Thr Gly Leu Lys Gln Lys Thr Ser Phe Gly Arg Pro Met Trp Asp Asn 500 505 510 Glu Phe Ser Thr Ile Ala Thr Ser His Pro Lys Ser Val Val Gly Val 515 520 525 Phe Leu Cys Gly Pro Arg Thr Leu Ala Lys Ser Leu Arg Lys Cys Cys 530 535 540 His Arg Tyr Ser Ser Leu Asp Pro Arg Lys Val Gln Phe Tyr Phe Asn 545 550 555 560 Lys Glu Asn Phe 3 2044 DNA Homo sapiens CDS (104)..(1810) 3 caaagacaaa ataatttact agggaagccc ttactaacga cccaacatcc agacacaggt 60 gagggagaag aaatttcctg acagccgaag agcaacaagt atc atg atg ggg tgc 115 Met Met Gly Cys 1 tgg att ttg aat gag ggt ctc tcc acc ata tta gta ctc tca tgg ctg 163 Trp Ile Leu Asn Glu Gly Leu Ser Thr Ile Leu Val Leu Ser Trp Leu 5 10 15 20 gga ata aat ttt tat ctg ttt att gac acg ttc tac tgg tat gaa gag 211 Gly Ile Asn Phe Tyr Leu Phe Ile Asp Thr Phe Tyr Trp Tyr Glu Glu 25 30 35 gag gag tct ttc cat tac aca cga gtt att ttg ggt tca aca ctg gct 259 Glu Glu Ser Phe His Tyr Thr Arg Val Ile Leu Gly Ser Thr Leu Ala 40 45 50 tgg gca cga gca tcc gca ctg tgc ctg aat ttt aac tgc atg cta att 307 Trp Ala Arg Ala Ser Ala Leu Cys Leu Asn Phe Asn Cys Met Leu Ile 55 60 65 cta ata cct gtc agt cga aac ctt att tca ttc ata aga gga aca agt 355 Leu Ile Pro Val Ser Arg Asn Leu Ile Ser Phe Ile Arg Gly Thr Ser 70 75 80 att tgc tgc aga gga ccg tgg agg agg caa tta gac aaa aac ctc aga 403 Ile Cys Cys Arg Gly Pro Trp Arg Arg Gln Leu Asp Lys Asn Leu Arg 85 90 95 100 ttt cac aaa ctg gtc gcc tat ggg ata gct gtt aat gca acc atc cac 451 Phe His Lys Leu Val Ala Tyr Gly Ile Ala Val Asn Ala Thr Ile His 105 110 115 atc gtg gcg cat ttc ttc aac ctg gaa cgc tac cac tgg agc cag tcc 499 Ile Val Ala His Phe Phe Asn Leu Glu Arg Tyr His Trp Ser Gln Ser 120 125 130 gag gag gcc cag gga ctt ctg gcc gca ctt tcc aag ctg ggc aac acc 547 Glu Glu Ala Gln Gly Leu Leu Ala Ala Leu Ser Lys Leu Gly Asn Thr 135 140 145 cct aac gag agc tac ctc aac cct gtc cgg acc ttc ccc aca aac aca 595 Pro Asn Glu Ser Tyr Leu Asn Pro Val Arg Thr Phe Pro Thr Asn Thr 150 155 160 acc act gaa ttg cta agg aca ata gca ggc gtc acc ggt ctg gtg atc 643 Thr Thr Glu Leu Leu Arg Thr Ile Ala Gly Val Thr Gly Leu Val Ile 165 170 175 180 tct ctg gct tta gtc ttg atc atg acc tcg tca act gag ttc atc aga 691 Ser Leu Ala Leu Val Leu Ile Met Thr Ser Ser Thr Glu Phe Ile Arg 185 190 195 cag gcc tcc tat gag ttg ttc tgg tac aca cac cat gtt ttc atc gtc 739 Gln Ala Ser Tyr Glu Leu Phe Trp Tyr Thr His His Val Phe Ile Val 200 205 210 ttc ttt ctc agc ctg gcc atc cat ggg acg ggt cgg att gtt cga ggc 787 Phe Phe Leu Ser Leu Ala Ile His Gly Thr Gly Arg Ile Val Arg Gly 215 220 225 caa acc caa gac agt ctc tct ctg cac aac atc acc ttc tgt aga gac 835 Gln Thr Gln Asp Ser Leu Ser Leu His Asn Ile Thr Phe Cys Arg Asp 230 235 240 cgc tat gca gaa tgg cag aca gtg gcc caa tgc ccc gtg cct caa ttt 883 Arg Tyr Ala Glu Trp Gln Thr Val Ala Gln Cys Pro Val Pro Gln Phe 245 250 255 260 tct ggc aag gaa ccc tcg gct tgg aaa tgg att tta ggc cct gtg gtc 931 Ser Gly Lys Glu Pro Ser Ala Trp Lys Trp Ile Leu Gly Pro Val Val 265 270 275 ttg tat gca tgt gaa aga ata att agg ttc tgg cga ttt caa caa gaa 979 Leu Tyr Ala Cys Glu Arg Ile Ile Arg Phe Trp Arg Phe Gln Gln Glu 280 285 290 gtt gtc att acc aag gtg gta agc cac ccc tct gga gtc ctg gaa ctt 1027 Val Val Ile Thr Lys Val Val Ser His Pro Ser Gly Val Leu Glu Leu 295 300 305 cac atg aaa aag cgt ggc ttt aaa atg gcg cca ggg cag tac atc ttg 1075 His Met Lys Lys Arg Gly Phe Lys Met Ala Pro Gly Gln Tyr Ile Leu 310 315 320 gtg cag tgc cca gcc ata tct tcg ctg gag tgg cac ccc ttc acc ctt 1123 Val Gln Cys Pro Ala Ile Ser Ser Leu Glu Trp His Pro Phe Thr Leu 325 330 335 340 acc tct gcc ccc cag gaa gac ttt ttc agc gtg cac atc cgg gca gca 1171 Thr Ser Ala Pro Gln Glu Asp Phe Phe Ser Val His Ile Arg Ala Ala 345 350 355 gga gac tgg aca gca gcg cta ctg gag gcc ttt ggg gca gag gga cag 1219 Gly Asp Trp Thr Ala Ala Leu Leu Glu Ala Phe Gly Ala Glu Gly Gln 360 365 370 gcc ctc cag gag ccc tgg agc ctg cca agg ctg gca gtg gac ggg ccc 1267 Ala Leu Gln Glu Pro Trp Ser Leu Pro Arg Leu Ala Val Asp Gly Pro 375 380 385 ttt gga act gcc ctg aca gat gta ttt cac tac cca gtg tgt gtg tgc 1315 Phe Gly Thr Ala Leu Thr Asp Val Phe His Tyr Pro Val Cys Val Cys 390 395 400 gtt gcc gcg ggg atc gga gtc act ccc ttc gct gct ctt ctg aaa tct 1363 Val Ala Ala Gly Ile Gly Val Thr Pro Phe Ala Ala Leu Leu Lys Ser 405 410 415 420 ata tgg tac aaa tgc agt gag gca cag acc cca ctg aag ctg agc aag 1411 Ile Trp Tyr Lys Cys Ser Glu Ala Gln Thr Pro Leu Lys Leu Ser Lys 425 430 435 gtg tat ttc tac tgg att tgc cgg gat gca aga gct ttt gag tgg ttt 1459 Val Tyr Phe Tyr Trp Ile Cys Arg Asp Ala Arg Ala Phe Glu Trp Phe 440 445 450 gct gat ctc tta ctc tcc ctg gaa aca cgg atg agt gag cag ggg aaa 1507 Ala Asp Leu Leu Leu Ser Leu Glu Thr Arg Met Ser Glu Gln Gly Lys 455 460 465 act cac ttt ctg agt tat cat ata ttt ctt acc ggc tgg gat gaa aat 1555 Thr His Phe Leu Ser Tyr His Ile Phe Leu Thr Gly Trp Asp Glu Asn 470 475 480 cag gct ctt cac ata gct tta cac tgg gac gaa aat act gac gtg att 1603 Gln Ala Leu His Ile Ala Leu His Trp Asp Glu Asn Thr Asp Val Ile 485 490 495 500 aca ggc tta aag cag aag acc ttc tat ggg agg ccc aac tgg aac aat 1651 Thr Gly Leu Lys Gln Lys Thr Phe Tyr Gly Arg Pro Asn Trp Asn Asn 505 510 515 gag ttc aag cag att gcc tac aat cac ccc agc agc agt att ggc gtg 1699 Glu Phe Lys Gln Ile Ala Tyr Asn His Pro Ser Ser Ser Ile Gly Val 520 525 530 ttc ttc tgt gga cct aaa gct ctc tcg agg aca ctt caa aag atg tgc 1747 Phe Phe Cys Gly Pro Lys Ala Leu Ser Arg Thr Leu Gln Lys Met Cys 535 540 545 cac ttg tat tca tca gct gac ccc aga ggt gtt cat ttc tat tac aac 1795 His Leu Tyr Ser Ser Ala Asp Pro Arg Gly Val His Phe Tyr Tyr Asn 550 555 560 aag gag agc ttc tag actttggagg tcaagtccag gcattgtgtt ttcaatcaag 1850 Lys Glu Ser Phe 565 ttattgattc caaagaactc caccaggaat tcctgtgacg gcctgttgat atgagctccc 1910 agttgggaac tggtgaataa taattaacta ttgtgaacag tacactatac catacttcct 1970 tagcttataa ataacatgtc atatacaaca gaacaaaaac atttactgaa attaaaatat 2030 attatgtttc tcca 2044 4 568 PRT Homo sapiens 4 Met Met Gly Cys Trp Ile Leu Asn Glu Gly Leu Ser Thr Ile Leu Val 1 5 10 15 Leu Ser Trp Leu Gly Ile Asn Phe Tyr Leu Phe Ile Asp Thr Phe Tyr 20 25 30 Trp Tyr Glu Glu Glu Glu Ser Phe His Tyr Thr Arg Val Ile Leu Gly 35 40 45 Ser Thr Leu Ala Trp Ala Arg Ala Ser Ala Leu Cys Leu Asn Phe Asn 50 55 60 Cys Met Leu Ile Leu Ile Pro Val Ser Arg Asn Leu Ile Ser Phe Ile 65 70 75 80 Arg Gly Thr Ser Ile Cys Cys Arg Gly Pro Trp Arg Arg Gln Leu Asp 85 90 95 Lys Asn Leu Arg Phe His Lys Leu Val Ala Tyr Gly Ile Ala Val Asn 100 105 110 Ala Thr Ile His Ile Val Ala His Phe Phe Asn Leu Glu Arg Tyr His 115 120 125 Trp Ser Gln Ser Glu Glu Ala Gln Gly Leu Leu Ala Ala Leu Ser Lys 130 135 140 Leu Gly Asn Thr Pro Asn Glu Ser Tyr Leu Asn Pro Val Arg Thr Phe 145 150 155 160 Pro Thr Asn Thr Thr Thr Glu Leu Leu Arg Thr Ile Ala Gly Val Thr 165 170 175 Gly Leu Val Ile Ser Leu Ala Leu Val Leu Ile Met Thr Ser Ser Thr 180 185 190 Glu Phe Ile Arg Gln Ala Ser Tyr Glu Leu Phe Trp Tyr Thr His His 195 200 205 Val Phe Ile Val Phe Phe Leu Ser Leu Ala Ile His Gly Thr Gly Arg 210 215 220 Ile Val Arg Gly Gln Thr Gln Asp Ser Leu Ser Leu His Asn Ile Thr 225 230 235 240 Phe Cys Arg Asp Arg Tyr Ala Glu Trp Gln Thr Val Ala Gln Cys Pro 245 250 255 Val Pro Gln Phe Ser Gly Lys Glu Pro Ser Ala Trp Lys Trp Ile Leu 260 265 270 Gly Pro Val Val Leu Tyr Ala Cys Glu Arg Ile Ile Arg Phe Trp Arg 275 280 285 Phe Gln Gln Glu Val Val Ile Thr Lys Val Val Ser His Pro Ser Gly 290 295 300 Val Leu Glu Leu His Met Lys Lys Arg Gly Phe Lys Met Ala Pro Gly 305 310 315 320 Gln Tyr Ile Leu Val Gln Cys Pro Ala Ile Ser Ser Leu Glu Trp His 325 330 335 Pro Phe Thr Leu Thr Ser Ala Pro Gln Glu Asp Phe Phe Ser Val His 340 345 350 Ile Arg Ala Ala Gly Asp Trp Thr Ala Ala Leu Leu Glu Ala Phe Gly 355 360 365 Ala Glu Gly Gln Ala Leu Gln Glu Pro Trp Ser Leu Pro Arg Leu Ala 370 375 380 Val Asp Gly Pro Phe Gly Thr Ala Leu Thr Asp Val Phe His Tyr Pro 385 390 395 400 Val Cys Val Cys Val Ala Ala Gly Ile Gly Val Thr Pro Phe Ala Ala 405 410 415 Leu Leu Lys Ser Ile Trp Tyr Lys Cys Ser Glu Ala Gln Thr Pro Leu 420 425 430 Lys Leu Ser Lys Val Tyr Phe Tyr Trp Ile Cys Arg Asp Ala Arg Ala 435 440 445 Phe Glu Trp Phe Ala Asp Leu Leu Leu Ser Leu Glu Thr Arg Met Ser 450 455 460 Glu Gln Gly Lys Thr His Phe Leu Ser Tyr His Ile Phe Leu Thr Gly 465 470 475 480 Trp Asp Glu Asn Gln Ala Leu His Ile Ala Leu His Trp Asp Glu Asn 485 490 495 Thr Asp Val Ile Thr Gly Leu Lys Gln Lys Thr Phe Tyr Gly Arg Pro 500 505 510 Asn Trp Asn Asn Glu Phe Lys Gln Ile Ala Tyr Asn His Pro Ser Ser 515 520 525 Ser Ile Gly Val Phe Phe Cys Gly Pro Lys Ala Leu Ser Arg Thr Leu 530 535 540 Gln Lys Met Cys His Leu Tyr Ser Ser Ala Asp Pro Arg Gly Val His 545 550 555 560 Phe Tyr Tyr Asn Lys Glu Ser Phe 565 5 21 DNA Artificial Sequence Description of Artificial Sequence primer 5 aacaagcgtg gcttcagcat g 21 6 18 DNA Artificial Sequence Description of Artificial Sequence primer 6 agcaatattg ttggtcat 18 7 24 DNA Artificial Sequence Description of Artificial Sequence primer 7 gacttgacag aaaatctata aggg 24 8 20 DNA Artificial Sequence Description of Artificial Sequence primer 8 ttgtaccaga tggatttcaa 20 9 21 DNA Artificial Sequence Description of Artificial Sequence primer 9 caggtctgaa acagaaaacc t 21 10 27 DNA Artificial Sequence Description of Artificial Sequence primer 10 atgaattctc attaattatt caataaa 27 11 20 DNA Artificial Sequence Description of Artificial Sequence primer 11 atctcaaaag actctgcaca 20 12 569 PRT Homo sapiens 12 Gly Asn Trp Ala Val Asn Glu Gly Leu Ser Ile Phe Ala Ile Leu Val 1 5 10 15 Trp Leu Gly Leu Asn Val Phe Leu Phe Val Trp Tyr Tyr Arg Val Tyr 20 25 30 Asp Ile Pro Pro Lys Phe Phe Tyr Thr Arg Lys Leu Leu Gly Ser Ala 35 40 45 Leu Ala Leu Ala Arg Ala Pro Ala Ala Cys Leu Asn Phe Asn Cys Met 50 55 60 Leu Ile Leu Leu Pro Val Cys Arg Asn Leu Leu Ser Phe Leu Arg Gly 65 70 75 80 Ser Ser Ala Cys Cys Ser Thr Arg Val Arg Arg Gln Leu Asp Arg Asn 85 90 95 Leu Thr Phe His Lys Met Val Ala Trp Met Ile Ala Leu His Ser Ala 100 105 110 Ile His Thr Ile Ala His Leu Phe Asn Val Glu Trp Cys Val Asn Ala 115 120 125 Arg Val Asn Asn Ser Asp Pro Tyr Ser Val Ala Leu Ser Glu Leu Gly 130 135 140 Asp Arg Gln Asn Glu Ser Tyr Leu Asn Phe Ala Arg Lys Arg Ile Lys 145 150 155 160 Asn Pro Glu Gly Gly Leu Tyr Leu Ala Val Thr Leu Leu Ala Gly Ile 165 170 175 Thr Gly Val Val Ile Thr Leu Cys Leu Ile Leu Ile Ile Thr Ser Ser 180 185 190 Thr Lys Thr Ile Arg Arg Ser Tyr Phe Glu Val Phe Trp Tyr Thr His 195 200 205 His Leu Phe Val Ile Phe Phe Ile Gly Leu Ala Ile His Gly Ala Glu 210 215 220 Arg Ile Val Arg Gly Gln Thr Ala Glu Ser Leu Ala Val His Asn Ile 225 230 235 240 Thr Val Cys Glu Gln Lys Ile Ser Glu Trp Gly Lys Ile Lys Glu Cys 245 250 255 Pro Ile Pro Gln Phe Ala Gly Asn Pro Pro Met Thr Trp Lys Trp Ile 260 265 270 Val Gly Pro Met Phe Leu Tyr Leu Cys Glu Arg Leu Val Arg Phe Trp 275 280 285 Arg Ser Gln Gln Lys Val Val Ile Thr Lys Val Val Thr His Pro Phe 290 295 300 Lys Thr Ile Glu Leu Gln Met Lys Lys Lys Gly Phe Lys Met Glu Val 305 310 315 320 Gly Gln Tyr Ile Phe Val Lys Cys Pro Lys Val Ser Lys Leu Glu Trp 325 330 335 His Pro Phe Thr Leu Thr Ser Ala Pro Glu Glu Asp Phe Phe Ser Ile 340 345 350 His Ile Arg Ile Val Gly Asp Trp Thr Glu Gly Leu Phe Asn Ala Cys 355 360 365 Gly Cys Asp Lys Gln Glu Phe Gln Asp Ala Trp Lys Leu Pro Lys Ile 370 375 380 Ala Val Asp Gly Pro Phe Gly Thr Ala Ser Glu Asp Val Phe Ser Tyr 385 390 395 400 Glu Val Val Met Leu Val Gly Ala Gly Ile Gly Val Thr Pro Phe Ala 405 410 415 Ser Ile Leu Lys Ser Val Trp Tyr Lys Tyr Cys Asn Asn Ala Thr Asn 420 425 430 Leu Lys Leu Lys Lys Ile Tyr Phe Tyr Trp Leu Cys Arg Asp Thr His 435 440 445 Ala Phe Glu Trp Phe Ala Asp Leu Leu Gln Leu Leu Glu Ser Gln Met 450 455 460 Gln Glu Arg Asn Asn Ala Gly Phe Leu Ser Tyr Asn Ile Tyr Leu Thr 465 470 475 480 Gly Trp Asp Glu Ser Gln Ala Asn His Phe Ala Val His His Asp Glu 485 490 495 Glu Lys Asp Val Ile Thr Gly Leu Lys Gln Lys Thr Leu Tyr Gly Arg 500 505 510 Pro Asn Trp Asp Asn Glu Phe Lys Thr Ile Ala Ser Gln His Pro Asn 515 520 525 Thr Arg Ile Gly Val Phe Leu Cys Gly Pro Glu Ala Leu Ala Glu Thr 530 535 540 Leu Ser Lys Gln Ser Ile Ser Asn Ser Glu Ser Gly Pro Arg Gly Val 545 550 555 560 His Phe Ile Phe Asn Lys Glu Asn Phe 565 13 18 DNA Artificial Sequence Description of Artificial Sequence primer 13 ttggctaaat cccatcca 18 14 21 DNA Artificial Sequence Description of Artificial Sequence primer 14 tgcatgacca acaatattgc t 21 15 27 DNA Artificial Sequence Description of Artificial Sequence primer 15 caaggtacct cttgaccatg ggaaact 27 16 27 DNA Artificial Sequence Description of Artificial Sequence primer 16 acgaattcaa gtaaattact gaagata 27 17 26 DNA Artificial Sequence modified_base (3) n at position 3 = inosine 17 ccngtntgtc gnaatctgct stcctt 26 18 29 DNA Artificial Sequence modified_base (5) n at position 5 = inosine 18 tcccngcana nccagtagaa rtagatctt 29 19 26 DNA Artificial Sequence Description of Artificial Sequence primer 19 ttggcacagt cagtgaggat gtcttc 26 20 30 DNA Artificial Sequence Description of Artificial Sequence primer 20 ctgttggctt ctactgtagc gttcaaagtt 30 21 563 PRT Rat 21 Met Gly Asn Trp Leu Val Asn His Trp Leu Ser Val Leu Phe Leu Val 1 5 10 15 Ser Trp Leu Gly Leu Asn Ile Phe Leu Phe Val Tyr Val Phe Leu Asn 20 25 30 Tyr Glu Lys Ser Asp Lys Tyr Tyr Tyr Thr Arg Glu Ile Leu Gly Thr 35 40 45 Ala Leu Ala Leu Ala Arg Ala Ser Ala Leu Cys Leu Asn Phe Asn Ser 50 55 60 Met Val Ile Leu Ile Pro Val Cys Arg Asn Leu Leu Ser Phe Leu Arg 65 70 75 80 Gly Thr Cys Ser Phe Cys Asn His Thr Leu Arg Lys Pro Leu Asp His 85 90 95 Asn Leu Thr Phe His Lys Leu Val Ala Tyr Met Ile Cys Ile Phe Thr 100 105 110 Ala Ile His Ile Ile Ala His Leu Phe Asn Phe Glu Arg Tyr Ser Arg 115 120 125 Ser Gln Gln Ala Met Asp Gly Ser Leu Ala Ser Val Leu Ser Ser Leu 130 135 140 Phe His Pro Glu Lys Glu Asp Ser Trp Leu Asn Pro Ile Gln Ser Pro 145 150 155 160 Asn Val Thr Val Met Tyr Ala Ala Phe Thr Ser Ile Ala Gly Leu Thr 165 170 175 Gly Val Val Ala Thr Val Ala Leu Val Leu Met Val Thr Ser Ala Met 180 185 190 Glu Phe Ile Arg Arg Asn Tyr Phe Glu Leu Phe Trp Tyr Thr His His 195 200 205 Leu Phe Ile Ile Tyr Ile Ile Cys Leu Gly Ile His Gly Leu Gly Gly 210 215 220 Ile Val Arg Gly Gln Thr Glu Glu Ser Met Ser Glu Ser His Pro Arg 225 230 235 240 Asn Cys Ser Tyr Ser Phe His Glu Trp Asp Lys Tyr Glu Arg Ser Cys 245 250 255 Arg Ser Pro His Phe Val Gly Gln Pro Pro Glu Ser Trp Lys Trp Ile 260 265 270 Leu Ala Pro Ile Ala Phe Tyr Ile Phe Glu Arg Ile Leu Arg Phe Tyr 275 280 285 Arg Ser Arg Gln Lys Val Val Ile Thr Lys Val Val Met His Pro Cys 290 295 300 Lys Val Leu Glu Leu Gln Met Arg Lys Arg Gly Phe Thr Met Gly Ile 305 310 315 320 Gly Gln Tyr Ile Phe Val Asn Cys Pro Ser Ile Ser Phe Leu Glu Trp 325 330 335 His Pro Phe Thr Leu Thr Ser Ala Pro Glu Glu Glu Phe Phe Ser Ile 340 345 350 His Ile Arg Ala Ala Gly Asp Trp Thr Glu Asn Leu Ile Arg Thr Phe 355 360 365 Glu Gln Gln His Ser Pro Met Pro Arg Ile Glu Val Asp Gly Pro Phe 370 375 380 Gly Thr Val Ser Glu Asp Val Phe Gln Tyr Glu Val Ala Val Leu Val 385 390 395 400 Gly Ala Gly Ile Gly Val Thr Pro Phe Ala Ser Phe Leu Lys Ser Ile 405 410 415 Trp Tyr Lys Phe Gln Arg Ala His Asn Lys Leu Lys Thr Gln Lys Ile 420 425 430 Tyr Phe Tyr Trp Ile Cys Arg Glu Thr Gly Ala Phe Ala Trp Phe Asn 435 440 445 Asn Leu Leu Asn Ser Leu Glu Gln Glu Met Asp Glu Leu Gly Lys Pro 450 455 460 Asp Phe Leu Asn Tyr Arg Leu Phe Leu Thr Gly Trp Asp Ser Asn Ile 465 470 475 480 Ala Gly His Ala Ala Leu Asn Phe Asp Arg Ala Thr Asp Val Leu Thr 485 490 495 Gly Leu Lys Gln Lys Thr Ser Phe Gly Arg Pro Met Trp Asp Asn Glu 500 505 510 Phe Ser Arg Ile Ala Thr Ala His Pro Lys Ser Val Val Gly Val Phe 515 520 525 Leu Cys Gly Pro Pro Thr Leu Ala Lys Ser Leu Arg Lys Cys Cys Arg 530 535 540 Arg Tyr Ser Ser Leu Asp Pro Arg Lys Val Gln Phe Tyr Phe Asn Lys 545 550 555 560 Glu Thr Phe 22 2577 DNA Rat 22 ttctgagtag gtgtgcattt gagtgtcata aagacatata tcttgagcta gacagaagtt 60 cctatcctga aggatcccat cagagaaacc agattgctcc taagaggctc cagacctcca 120 tttgacaatg ggaaactggc tggttaacca ctggctctca gttttgtttc tggtttcttg 180 gttggggctg aacatttttc tgtttgtgta cgtcttcctg aattatgaga agtctgacaa 240 gtactattac acgagagaaa ttctcggaac tgccttggcc ttggccagag catctgcttt 300 gtgcctgaat tttaacagca tggtgatcct gattcctgtg tgtcgaaatc tgctctcctt 360 cctgaggggc acctgctcat tttgcaacca cacgctgaga aagccattgg atcacaacct 420 caccttccat aagctggtgg catatatgat ctgcatattc acagctattc atatcattgc 480 acatctattt aactttgaac gctacagtag aagccaacag gccatggatg gatctcttgc 540 ctctgttctc tccagcctat tccatcccga gaaagaagat tcttggctaa atcccatcca 600 gtctccaaac gtgacagtga tgtatgcagc atttaccagt attgctggcc ttactggagt 660 ggtcgccact gtggctttgg ttctcatggt aacttcagct atggagttta tccgcaggaa 720 ttattttgag ctcttctggt atacacatca ccttttcatc atctatatca tctgcttagg 780 gatccatggc ctggggggga ttgtccgggg tcaaacagaa gagagcatga gtgaaagtca 840 tccccgcaac tgttcatact ctttccacga gtgggataag tatgaaagga gttgcaggag 900 tcctcatttt gtggggcaac cccctgagtc ttggaagtgg atcctcgcgc cgattgcttt 960 ttatatcttt gaaaggatcc ttcgctttta tcgctcccgg cagaaggtcg tgattaccaa 1020 ggttgtcatg cacccatgta aagttttgga attgcagatg aggaagcggg gctttactat 1080 gggaatagga cagtatatat tcgtaaattg cccctcgatt tccttcctgg aatggcatcc 1140 ctttactctg acctctgctc cagaggaaga atttttctcc attcatattc gagcagcagg 1200 ggactggaca gaaaatctca taaggacatt tgaacaacag cactcaccaa tgcccaggat 1260 cgaggtggat ggtccctttg gcacagtcag tgaggatgtc ttccagtacg aagtggctgt 1320 actggttggg gcagggattg gcgtcactcc ctttgcttcc ttcttgaaat ctatctggta 1380 caaattccag cgtgcacaca acaagctgaa aacacaaaag atctatttct actggatttg 1440 tagagagacg ggtgcctttg cctggttcaa caacttattg aattccctgg aacaagagat 1500 ggacgaatta ggcaaaccgg atttcctaaa ctaccgactc ttcctcactg gctgggatag 1560 caacattgct ggtcatgcag cattaaactt tgacagagcc actgacgtcc tgacaggtct 1620 gaaacagaaa acctcctttg ggagaccaat gtgggacaat gagttttcta gaatagctac 1680 tgcccacccc aagtctgtgg tgggggtttt cttatgcggc cctccgactt tggcaaaaag 1740 cctgcgcaaa tgctgtcggc ggtactcaag tctggatcct aggaaggttc aattctactt 1800 caacaaagaa acgttctgaa ttggaggaag ccgcacagta gtacttctcc atcttccttt 1860 tcactaacgt gtgggtcagc tactagatag tccgttgtcg cacaaggact tcactcccat 1920 cttaaagttg actcaactcc atcattcttg ggctttggca acatgagagc tgcataactc 1980 acaattgcaa aacacatgaa ttattattgg ggggattgta aatccttctg ggaaacctgc 2040 ctttagctga atcttgctgg ttgacacttg cacaatttaa cctcaggtgt cttggttgat 2100 acctgataat cttccctccc acctgtccct cacagaagat ttctaagtag ggtgatttta 2160 aaatatttat tgaatccacg acaaaacaat aatcataaat aataaacata aaattaccaa 2220 gattcccact cccatatcat acccactaag aacatcgtta tacatgagct tatcatccag 2280 tgtgaccaac aatttatact ttactgtgcc aaaataatct tcatctttgc ttattgaaca 2340 attttgctga ctttccctag taatatctta agtatattaa ctggaatcaa atttgtatta 2400 tagttagaag ccaactatat tgccagtttg tattgtttga aataactgga aaggcctgac 2460 ctacatcgtg gggtaattta acagaagctc tttccatttt ttgttgttgt tgttaaagag 2520 ttttgtttat gaatgtgtta taaaaagaaa ataaaaagtt ataattttga cggaaaa 2577 23 332 PRT Homo sapiens 23 Glu Ser Met Asn Glu Ser His Pro Arg Lys Cys Ala Glu Ser Phe Glu 1 5 10 15 Met Trp Asp Asp Arg Asp Ser His Cys Arg Arg Pro Lys Phe Glu Gly 20 25 30 His Pro Pro Glu Ser Trp Lys Trp Ile Leu Ala Pro Val Ile Leu Tyr 35 40 45 Ile Cys Glu Arg Ile Leu Arg Phe Tyr Arg Ser Gln Gln Lys Val Val 50 55 60 Ile Thr Lys Val Val Met His Pro Ser Lys Val Leu Glu Leu Gln Met 65 70 75 80 Asn Lys Arg Gly Phe Ser Met Glu Val Gly Gln Tyr Ile Phe Val Asn 85 90 95 Cys Pro Ser Ile Ser Leu Leu Glu Trp His Pro Phe Thr Leu Thr Ser 100 105 110 Ala Pro Glu Glu Asp Phe Phe Ser Ile His Ile Arg Ala Ala Gly Asp 115 120 125 Trp Thr Glu Asn Leu Ile Arg Ala Phe Glu Gln Gln Tyr Ser Pro Ile 130 135 140 Pro Arg Ile Glu Val Asp Gly Pro Phe Gly Thr Ala Ser Glu Asp Val 145 150 155 160 Phe Gln Tyr Glu Val Ala Val Leu Val Gly Ala Gly Ile Gly Val Thr 165 170 175 Pro Phe Ala Ser Ile Leu Lys Ser Ile Trp Tyr Lys Phe Gln Cys Ala 180 185 190 Asp His Asn Leu Lys Thr Lys Lys Ile Tyr Phe Tyr Trp Ile Cys Arg 195 200 205 Glu Thr Gly Ala Phe Ser Trp Phe Asn Asn Leu Leu Thr Ser Leu Glu 210 215 220 Gln Glu Met Glu Glu Leu Gly Lys Val Gly Phe Leu Asn Tyr Arg Leu 225 230 235 240 Phe Leu Thr Gly Trp Asp Ser Asn Ile Val Gly His Ala Ala Leu Asn 245 250 255 Phe Asp Lys Ala Thr Asp Ile Val Thr Gly Leu Lys Gln Lys Thr Ser 260 265 270 Phe Gly Arg Pro Met Trp Asp Asn Glu Phe Ser Thr Ile Ala Thr Ser 275 280 285 His Pro Lys Ser Val Val Gly Val Phe Leu Cys Gly Pro Arg Thr Leu 290 295 300 Ala Lys Ser Leu Arg Lys Cys Cys His Arg Tyr Ser Ser Leu Asp Pro 305 310 315 320 Arg Lys Val Gln Phe Tyr Phe Asn Lys Glu Asn Phe 325 330 24 14 PRT Homo sapiens 24 Cys Ala Glu Ser Phe Glu Met Trp Asp Asp Arg Asp Ser His 1 5 10 25 14 PRT Homo sapiens 25 Lys Ser Leu Arg Lys Cys Cys His Arg Tyr Ser Ser Leu Asp 1 5 10 26 24 DNA Artificial Sequence Description of Artificial Sequence primer 26 gaagtggtgg gaggcgaaga cata 24 27 24 DNA Artificial Sequence Description of Artificial Sequence primer 27 cctgtcatac ctgggacggt ctgg 24 28 24 DNA Artificial Sequence Description of Artificial Sequence primer 28 gagcacagtg agatgcctgt tcag 24 29 24 DNA Artificial Sequence Description of Artificial Sequence primer 29 ggaaggcagc agagagcaat gatg 24 30 24 DNA Artificial Sequence Description of Artificial Sequence primer 30 acatctgcga gcggcacttc caga 24 31 25 DNA Artificial Sequence Description of Artificial Sequence primer 31 agctcgtcaa caggcaggac cgagc 25 32 24 DNA Artificial Sequence Description of Artificial Sequence primer 32 gcagtgcatc cacatcttca gcac 24 33 25 DNA Artificial Sequence Description of Artificial Sequence primer 33 gagagctctg gagacacttg agttc 25 34 22 DNA Artificial Sequence Description of Artificial Sequence primer 34 catgttctct ctggctgaca ag 22 35 25 DNA Artificial Sequence Description of Artificial Sequence primer 35 cacaatagcg agctccgctt cacgc 25 36 24 DNA Artificial Sequence Description of Artificial Sequence primer 36 gcaggacatc aaccctgcac tctc 24 37 570 PRT Bovine 37 Met Gly Asn Trp Val Val Asn Glu Gly Ile Ser Ile Phe Val Ile Leu 1 5 10 15 Val Trp Leu Gly Met Asn Val Phe Leu Phe Val Trp Tyr Tyr Arg Val 20 25 30 Tyr Asp Ile Pro Asp Lys Phe Phe Tyr Thr Arg Lys Leu Leu Gly Ser 35 40 45 Ala Leu Ala Leu Ala Arg Ala Pro Ala Ala Cys Leu Asn Phe Asn Cys 50 55 60 Met Leu Ile Leu Leu Pro Val Cys Arg Asn Leu Leu Ser Phe Leu Arg 65 70 75 80 Gly Ser Ser Ala Cys Cys Ser Thr Arg Ile Arg Arg Gln Leu Asp Arg 85 90 95 Asn Leu Thr Phe His Lys Met Val Ala Trp Met Ile Ala Leu His Thr 100 105 110 Ala Ile His Thr Ile Ala His Leu Phe Asn Val Glu Trp Cys Val Asn 115 120 125 Ala Arg Val Asn Asn Ser Asp Pro Tyr Ser Ile Ala Leu Ser Asp Ile 130 135 140 Gly Asp Lys Pro Asn Glu Thr Tyr Leu Asn Phe Val Arg Gln Arg Ile 145 150 155 160 Lys Asn Pro Glu Gly Gly Leu Tyr Val Ala Val Thr Arg Leu Ala Gly 165 170 175 Ile Thr Gly Val Val Ile Thr Leu Cys Leu Ile Leu Ile Ile Thr Ser 180 185 190 Ser Thr Lys Thr Ile Arg Arg Ser Tyr Phe Glu Val Phe Trp Tyr Thr 195 200 205 His His Leu Phe Val Ile Phe Phe Ile Gly Leu Ala Ile His Gly Ala 210 215 220 Gln Arg Ile Val Arg Gly Gln Thr Ala Glu Ser Leu Leu Lys His Gln 225 230 235 240 Pro Arg Asn Cys Tyr Gln Asn Ile Ser Gln Trp Gly Lys Ile Glu Asn 245 250 255 Cys Pro Ile Pro Glu Phe Ser Gly Asn Pro Pro Met Thr Trp Lys Trp 260 265 270 Ile Val Gly Pro Met Phe Leu Tyr Leu Cys Glu Arg Leu Val Arg Phe 275 280 285 Trp Arg Ser Gln Gln Lys Val Val Ile Thr Lys Val Val Thr His Pro 290 295 300 Phe Lys Thr Ile Glu Leu Gln Met Lys Lys Lys Gly Phe Lys Met Glu 305 310 315 320 Val Gly Gln Tyr Ile Phe Val Lys Cys Pro Val Val Ser Lys Leu Glu 325 330 335 Trp His Pro Phe Thr Leu Thr Ser Ala Pro Glu Glu Asp Phe Phe Ser 340 345 350 Ile His Ile Arg Ile Val Gly Asp Trp Thr Glu Gly Leu Phe Lys Ala 355 360 365 Cys Gly Cys Asp Lys Gln Glu Phe Gln Asp Ala Trp Lys Leu Pro Lys 370 375 380 Ile Ala Val Asp Gly Pro Phe Gly Thr Ala Ser Glu Asp Val Phe Ser 385 390 395 400 Tyr Glu Val Val Met Leu Val Gly Ala Gly Ile Gly Val Thr Pro Phe 405 410 415 Ala Ser Ile Leu Lys Ser Val Trp Tyr Lys Tyr Cys Asn Lys Ala Pro 420 425 430 Asn Leu Arg Leu Lys Lys Ile Tyr Phe Tyr Trp Leu Cys Arg Asp Thr 435 440 445 His Ala Phe Glu Trp Phe Ala Asp Leu Leu Gln Leu Leu Glu Thr Gln 450 455 460 Met Gln Glu Lys Asn Asn Thr Asp Phe Leu Ser Tyr Asn Ile Cys Leu 465 470 475 480 Thr Gly Trp Asp Glu Ser Gln Ala Ser His Phe Ala Met His His Asp 485 490 495 Glu Glu Lys Asp Val Ile Thr Gly Leu Lys Gln Lys Thr Leu Tyr Gly 500 505 510 Arg Pro Asn Trp Asp Asn Glu Phe Lys Thr Ile Gly Ser Gln His Pro 515 520 525 Asn Thr Arg Ile Gly Val Phe Leu Cys Gly Pro Glu Ala Leu Ala Asp 530 535 540 Thr Leu Asn Lys Gln Cys Ile Ser Asn Ser Asp Ser Gly Pro Arg Gly 545 550 555 560 Val His Phe Ile Phe Asn Lys Glu Asn Phe 565 570 38 570 PRT murine 38 Met Gly Asn Trp Ala Val Asn Glu Gly Leu Ser Ile Phe Val Ile Leu 1 5 10 15 Val Trp Leu Gly Leu Asn Val Phe Leu Phe Ile Asn Tyr Tyr Lys Val 20 25 30 Tyr Asp Asp Gly Pro Lys Tyr Asn Tyr Thr Arg Lys Leu Leu Gly Ser 35 40 45 Ala Leu Ala Leu Ala Arg Ala Pro Ala Ala Cys Leu Asn Phe Asn Cys 50 55 60 Met Leu Ile Leu Leu Pro Val Cys Arg Asn Leu Leu Ser Phe Leu Arg 65 70 75 80 Gly Ser Ser Ala Cys Cys Ser Thr Arg Ile Arg Arg Gln Leu Asp Arg 85 90 95 Asn Leu Thr Phe His Lys Met Val Ala Trp Met Ile Ala Leu His Thr 100 105 110 Ala Ile His Thr Ile Ala His Leu Phe Asn Val Glu Trp Cys Val Asn 115 120 125 Ala Arg Val Gly Ile Ser Asp Arg Tyr Ser Ile Ala Leu Ser Asp Ile 130 135 140 Gly Asp Asn Glu Asn Glu Glu Tyr Leu Asn Phe Ala Arg Glu Lys Ile 145 150 155 160 Lys Asn Pro Glu Gly Gly Leu Tyr Val Ala Val Thr Arg Leu Ala Gly 165 170 175 Ile Thr Gly Ile Val Ile Thr Leu Cys Leu Ile Leu Ile Ile Thr Ser 180 185 190 Ser Thr Lys Thr Ile Arg Arg Ser Tyr Phe Glu Val Phe Trp Tyr Thr 195 200 205 His His Leu Phe Val Ile Phe Phe Ile Gly Leu Ala Ile His Gly Ala 210 215 220 Glu Arg Ile Val Arg Gly Gln Thr Ala Glu Ser Leu Glu Glu His Asn 225 230 235 240 Leu Asp Ile Cys Ala Asp Lys Ile Glu Glu Trp Gly Lys Ile Lys Glu 245 250 255 Cys Pro Val Pro Lys Phe Ala Gly Asn Pro Pro Met Thr Trp Lys Trp 260 265 270 Ile Val Gly Pro Met Phe Leu Tyr Leu Cys Glu Arg Leu Val Arg Phe 275 280 285 Trp Arg Ser Gln Gln Lys Val Val Ile Thr Lys Val Val Thr His Pro 290 295 300 Phe Lys Thr Ile Glu Leu Gln Met Lys Lys Lys Gly Phe Lys Met Glu 305 310 315 320 Val Gly Gln Tyr Ile Phe Val Lys Cys Pro Lys Val Ser Lys Leu Glu 325 330 335 Trp His Pro Phe Thr Leu Thr Ser Ala Pro Glu Glu Asp Phe Phe Ser 340 345 350 Ile His Ile Arg Ile Val Gly Asp Trp Thr Glu Gly Leu Phe Asn Ala 355 360 365 Cys Gly Cys Asp Lys Gln Glu Phe Gln Asp Ala Trp Lys Leu Pro Lys 370 375 380 Ile Ala Val Asp Gly Pro Phe Gly Thr Ala Ser Glu Asp Val Phe Ser 385 390 395 400 Tyr Glu Val Val Met Leu Val Gly Ala Gly Ile Gly Val Thr Pro Phe 405 410 415 Ala Ser Ile Leu Lys Ser Val Trp Tyr Lys Tyr Cys Asp Asn Ala Thr 420 425 430 Ser Leu Lys Leu Lys Lys Ile Tyr Phe Tyr Trp Leu Cys Arg Asp Thr 435 440 445 His Ala Phe Glu Trp Phe Ala Asp Leu Leu Gln Leu Leu Glu Thr Gln 450 455 460 Met Gln Glu Arg Asn Asn Ala Asn Phe Leu Ser Tyr Asn Ile Tyr Leu 465 470 475 480 Thr Gly Trp Asp Glu Ser Gln Ala Asn His Phe Ala Val His His Asp 485 490 495 Glu Glu Lys Asp Val Ile Thr Gly Leu Lys Gln Lys Thr Leu Tyr Gly 500 505 510 Arg Pro Asn Trp Asp Asn Glu Phe Lys Thr Ile Ala Ser Glu His Pro 515 520 525 Asn Thr Thr Ile Gly Val Phe Leu Cys Gly Pro Glu Ala Leu Ala Glu 530 535 540 Thr Leu Ser Lys Gln Ser Ile Ser Asn Ser Glu Ser Gly Pro Arg Gly 545 550 555 560 Val His Phe Ile Phe Asn Lys Glu Asn Phe 565 570 39 944 PRT Arabidopsis sp. 39 Met Lys Pro Phe Ser Lys Asn Asp Arg Arg Arg Trp Ser Phe Asp Ser 1 5 10 15 Val Ser Ala Gly Lys Thr Ala Val Gly Ser Ala Ser Thr Ser Pro Gly 20 25 30 Thr Glu Tyr Ser Ile Asn Gly Asp Gln Glu Phe Val Glu Val Thr Ile 35 40 45 Asp Leu Gln Asp Asp Asp Thr Ile Val Leu Arg Ser Val Glu Pro Ala 50 55 60 Thr Ala Ile Asn Val Ile Gly Asp Ile Ser Asp Asp Asn Thr Gly Ile 65 70 75 80 Met Thr Pro Val Ser Ile Ser Arg Ser Pro Thr Met Lys Arg Thr Ser 85 90 95 Ser Asn Arg Phe Arg Gln Phe Ser Gln Glu Leu Lys Ala Glu Ala Val 100 105 110 Ala Lys Ala Lys Gln Leu Ser Gln Glu Leu Lys Arg Phe Ser Trp Ser 115 120 125 Arg Ser Phe Ser Gly Asn Leu Thr Thr Thr Ser Thr Ala Ala Asn Gln 130 135 140 Ser Gly Gly Ala Gly Gly Gly Leu Val Asn Ser Ala Leu Glu Ala Arg 145 150 155 160 Ala Leu Arg Lys Gln Arg Ala Gln Leu Asp Arg Thr Arg Ser Ser Ala 165 170 175 Gln Arg Ala Leu Arg Gly Leu Arg Phe Ile Ser Asn Lys Gln Lys Asn 180 185 190 Val Asp Gly Trp Asn Asp Val Gln Ser Asn Phe Glu Lys Phe Glu Lys 195 200 205 Asn Gly Tyr Ile Tyr Arg Ser Asp Phe Ala Gln Cys Ile Gly Met Lys 210 215 220 Asp Ser Lys Glu Phe Ala Leu Glu Leu Phe Asp Ala Leu Ser Arg Arg 225 230 235 240 Arg Arg Leu Lys Val Glu Lys Ile Asn His Asp Glu Leu Tyr Glu Tyr 245 250 255 Trp Ser Gln Ile Asn Asp Glu Ser Phe Asp Ser Arg Leu Gln Ile Phe 260 265 270 Phe Asp Ile Val Asp Lys Asn Glu Asp Gly Arg Ile Thr Glu Glu Glu 275 280 285 Val Lys Glu Ile Ile Met Leu Ser Ala Ser Ala Asn Lys Leu Ser Arg 290 295 300 Leu Lys Glu Gln Ala Glu Glu Tyr Ala Ala Leu Ile Met Glu Glu Leu 305 310 315 320 Asp Pro Glu Arg Leu Gly Tyr Ile Glu Leu Trp Gln Leu Glu Thr Leu 325 330 335 Leu Leu Gln Lys Asp Thr Tyr Leu Asn Tyr Ser Gln Ala Leu Ser Tyr 340 345 350 Thr Ser Gln Ala Leu Ser Gln Asn Leu Gln Gly Leu Arg Gly Lys Ser 355 360 365 Arg Ile His Arg Met Ser Ser Asp Phe Val Tyr Ile Met Gln Glu Asn 370 375 380 Trp Lys Arg Ile Trp Val Leu Ser Leu Trp Ile Met Ile Met Ile Gly 385 390 395 400 Leu Phe Leu Trp Lys Phe Phe Gln Tyr Lys Gln Lys Asp Ala Phe His 405 410 415 Val Met Gly Tyr Cys Leu Leu Thr Ala Lys Gly Ala Ala Glu Thr Leu 420 425 430 Lys Phe Asn Met Ala Leu Ile Leu Phe Pro Val Cys Arg Asn Thr Ile 435 440 445 Thr Trp Leu Arg Ser Thr Arg Leu Ser Tyr Phe Val Pro Phe Asp Asp 450 455 460 Asn Ile Asn Phe His Lys Thr Ile Ala Gly Ala Ile Val Val Ala Val 465 470 475 480 Ile Leu His Ile Gly Asp His Leu Ala Cys Asp Phe Pro Arg Ile Val 485 490 495 Arg Ala Thr Glu Tyr Asp Tyr Asn Arg Tyr Leu Phe His Tyr Phe Gln 500 505 510 Thr Lys Gln Pro Thr Tyr Phe Asp Leu Val Lys Gly Pro Glu Gly Ile 515 520 525 Thr Gly Ile Leu Met Val Ile Leu Met Ile Ile Ser Phe Thr Leu Ala 530 535 540 Thr Arg Trp Phe Arg Arg Asn Leu Val Lys Leu Pro Lys Pro Phe Asp 545 550 555 560 Arg Leu Thr Gly Phe Asn Ala Phe Trp Tyr Ser His His Leu Phe Val 565 570 575 Ile Val Tyr Ile Leu Leu Ile Leu His Gly Ile Phe Leu Tyr Phe Ala 580 585 590 Lys Pro Trp Tyr Val Arg Thr Thr Trp Met Tyr Leu Ala Val Pro Val 595 600 605 Leu Leu Tyr Gly Gly Glu Arg Thr Leu Arg Tyr Phe Arg Ser Gly Ser 610 615 620 Tyr Ser Val Arg Leu Leu Lys Val Ala Ile Tyr Pro Gly Asn Val Leu 625 630 635 640 Thr Leu Gln Met Ser Lys Pro Thr Gln Phe Arg Tyr Lys Ser Gly Gln 645 650 655 Tyr Met Phe Val Gln Cys Pro Ala Val Ser Pro Phe Glu Trp His Pro 660 665 670 Phe Ser Ile Thr Ser Ala Pro Glu Asp Asp Tyr Ile Ser Ile His Ile 675 680 685 Arg Gln Leu Gly Asp Trp Thr Gln Glu Leu Lys Arg Val Phe Ser Glu 690 695 700 Val Cys Glu Pro Pro Val Gly Gly Lys Ser Gly Leu Leu Arg Ala Asp 705 710 715 720 Glu Thr Thr Lys Lys Ser Leu Pro Lys Leu Leu Ile Asp Gly Pro Tyr 725 730 735 Gly Ala Pro Ala Gln Asp Tyr Arg Lys Tyr Asp Val Leu Leu Leu Val 740 745 750 Gly Leu Gly Ile Gly Ala Thr Pro Phe Ile Ser Ile Leu Lys Asp Leu 755 760 765 Leu Asn Asn Ile Val Lys Met Glu Glu His Ala Asp Ser Ile Ser Asp 770 775 780 Phe Ser Arg Ser Ser Glu Tyr Ser Thr Gly Ser Asn Gly Asp Thr Pro 785 790 795 800 Arg Arg Lys Arg Ile Leu Lys Thr Thr Asn Ala Tyr Phe Tyr Trp Val 805 810 815 Thr Arg Glu Gln Gly Ser Phe Asp Trp Phe Lys Gly Val Met Asn Glu 820 825 830 Val Ala Glu Leu Asp Gln Arg Gly Val Ile Glu Met His Asn Tyr Leu 835 840 845 Thr Ser Val Tyr Glu Glu Gly Asp Ala Arg Ser Ala Leu Ile Thr Met 850 855 860 Val Gln Ala Leu Asn His Ala Lys Asn Gly Val Asp Ile Val Ser Gly 865 870 875 880 Thr Arg Val Arg Thr His Phe Ala Arg Pro Asn Trp Lys Lys Val Leu 885 890 895 Thr Lys Leu Ser Ser Lys His Cys Asn Ala Arg Ile Gly Val Phe Tyr 900 905 910 Cys Gly Val Pro Val Leu Gly Lys Glu Leu Ser Lys Leu Cys Asn Thr 915 920 925 Phe Asn Gln Lys Gly Ser Thr Lys Phe Glu Phe His Lys Glu His Phe 930 935 940 40 590 PRT Rice 40 Asn Leu Ala Gly Leu Arg Lys Lys Ser Ser Ile Arg Lys Ile Ser Thr 1 5 10 15 Ser Leu Ser Tyr Tyr Phe Glu Asp Asn Trp Lys Arg Leu Trp Val Leu 20 25 30 Ala Leu Trp Ile Gly Ile Met Ala Gly Leu Phe Thr Trp Lys Phe Met 35 40 45 Gln Tyr Arg Asn Arg Tyr Val Phe Asp Val Met Gly Tyr Cys Val Thr 50 55 60 Thr Ala Lys Gly Ala Ala Glu Thr Leu Lys Leu Asn Met Ala Ile Ile 65 70 75 80 Leu Leu Pro Val Cys Arg Asn Thr Ile Thr Trp Leu Arg Ser Thr Arg 85 90 95 Ala Ala Arg Ala Leu Pro Phe Asp Asp Asn Ile Asn Phe His Lys Thr 100 105 110 Ile Ala Ala Ala Ile Val Val Gly Ile Ile Leu His Ala Gly Asn His 115 120 125 Leu Val Cys Asp Phe Pro Arg Leu Ile Lys Ser Ser Asp Glu Lys Tyr 130 135 140 Ala Pro Leu Gly Gln Tyr Phe Gly Glu Ile Lys Pro Thr Tyr Phe Thr 145 150 155 160 Leu Val Lys Gly Val Glu Gly Ile Thr Gly Val Ile Met Val Val Cys 165 170 175 Met Ile Ile Ala Phe Thr Leu Ala Thr Arg Trp Phe Arg Arg Ser Leu 180 185 190 Val Lys Leu Pro Arg Pro Phe Asp Lys Leu Thr Gly Phe Asn Ala Phe 195 200 205 Trp Tyr Ser His His Leu Phe Ile Ile Val Tyr Ile Ala Leu Ile Val 210 215 220 His Gly Glu Cys Leu Tyr Leu Ile His Val Trp Tyr Arg Arg Thr Thr 225 230 235 240 Trp Met Tyr Leu Ser Val Pro Val Cys Leu Tyr Val Gly Glu Arg Ile 245 250 255 Leu Arg Phe Phe Arg Ser Gly Ser Tyr Ser Val Arg Leu Leu Lys Val 260 265 270 Ala Ile Tyr Pro Gly Asn Val Leu Thr Leu Gln Met Ser Lys Pro Pro 275 280 285 Thr Phe Arg Tyr Lys Ser Gly Gln Tyr Met Phe Val Gln Cys Pro Ala 290 295 300 Val Ser Pro Phe Glu Trp His Pro Phe Ser Ile Thr Ser Ala Pro Gly 305 310 315 320 Asp Asp Tyr Leu Ser Ile His Val Arg Gln Leu Gly Asp Trp Thr Arg 325 330 335 Glu Leu Lys Arg Val Phe Ala Ala Ala Cys Glu Pro Pro Ala Gly Gly 340 345 350 Lys Ser Gly Leu Leu Arg Ala Asp Glu Thr Thr Lys Lys Ile Leu Pro 355 360 365 Lys Leu Leu Ile Asp Gly Pro Tyr Gly Ser Pro Ala Gln Asp Tyr Ser 370 375 380 Lys Tyr Asp Val Leu Leu Leu Val Gly Leu Gly Ile Gly Ala Thr Pro 385 390 395 400 Phe Ile Ser Ile Leu Lys Asp Leu Leu Asn Asn Ile Ile Lys Met Glu 405 410 415 Glu Glu Glu Asp Ala Ser Thr Asp Leu Tyr Pro Pro Met Gly Arg Asn 420 425 430 Asn Pro His Val Asp Leu Gly Thr Leu Met Thr Ile Thr Ser Arg Pro 435 440 445 Lys Lys Ile Leu Lys Thr Thr Asn Ala Tyr Phe Tyr Trp Val Thr Arg 450 455 460 Glu Gln Gly Ser Phe Asp Trp Phe Lys Gly Val Met Asn Glu Ile Ala 465 470 475 480 Asp Leu Asp Gln Arg Asn Ile Ile Glu Met His Asn Tyr Leu Thr Ser 485 490 495 Val Tyr Glu Glu Gly Asp Ala Arg Ser Ala Leu Ile Thr Met Leu Gln 500 505 510 Ala Leu Asn His Ala Lys Asn Gly Val Asp Ile Val Ser Gly Thr Lys 515 520 525 Val Arg Thr His Phe Ala Arg Pro Asn Trp Arg Lys Val Leu Ser Lys 530 535 540 Ile Ser Ser Lys His Pro Tyr Ala Lys Ile Gly Val Phe Tyr Cys Gly 545 550 555 560 Ala Pro Val Leu Ala Gln Glu Leu Ser Lys Leu Cys His Glu Phe Asn 565 570 575 Gly Lys Cys Thr Thr Lys Phe Asp Phe His Lys Glu His Phe 580 585 590 41 2619 DNA Rat 41 gtgctgtcag agctttacag agcctctggg catgcgcatg gctacccatt tcattgattt 60 acagaagtca tgctaaaatc tctttcatgc atgtcttcct ttttcagtct ctcctttccc 120 aaagcttttc agtttgccct ttgcttgtac caactgctat ccctcctcaa aggctgctgc 180 aaaaggtatg cctttttctt ggaggctttc agcaaatact acctgggaac ctgcttcagc 240 tcttggaata tttaagtgaa gagaacattt catagcattt gtatctttct ttgaaggagc 300 caccagacag actgccttgg ccttggccag agcatctgct ttgtgcctga attttaacag 360 catggtgatc ctgattcctg tgtgtcgaaa tctgctctcc ttcctgaggg gcacctgctc 420 attttgcaac cacacgctga gaaagccatt ggatcacaac ctcaccttcc ataagctggt 480 ggcatatatg atctgcatat tcacagctat tcatatcatt gcacatctat ttaactttga 540 acgctacagt agaagccaac aggccatgga tggatctctt gcctctgttc tctccagcct 600 attccatccc gagaaagaag attcttggct aaatcccatc cagtctccaa acgtgacagt 660 gatgtatgca gcatttacca gtattgctgg ccttactgga gtggtcgcca ctgtggcttt 720 ggttctcatg gtaacttcag ctatggagtt tatccgcagg aattattttg agctcttctg 780 gtatacacat caccttttca tcatctatat catctgctta gggatccatg gcctgggggg 840 gattgtccgg ggtcaaacag aagagagcat gagtgaaagt catccccgca actgttcata 900 ctctttccac gagtgggata agtatgaaag gagttgcagg agtcctcatt ttgtggggca 960 accccctgag tcttggaagt ggatcctcgc gccgattgct ttttatatct ttgaaaggat 1020 ccttcgcttt tatcgctccc ggcagaaggt cgtgattacc aaggttgtca tgcacccatg 1080 taaagttttg gaattgcaga tgaggaagcg gggctttact atgggaatag gacagtatat 1140 attcgtaaat tgcccctcga tttccttcct ggaatggcat ccctttactc tgacctctgc 1200 tccagaggaa gaatttttct ccattcatat tcgagcagca ggggactgga cagaaaatct 1260 cataaggaca tttgaacaac agcactcacc aatgcccagg atcgaggtgg atggtccctt 1320 tggcacagtc agtgaggatg tcttccagta cgaagtggct gtactggttg gggcagggat 1380 tggcgtcact ccctttgctt ccttcttgaa atctatctgg tacaaattcc agcgtgcaca 1440 caacaagctg aaaacacaaa agatctattt ctactggatt tgtagagaga cgggtgcctt 1500 tgcctggttc aacaacttat tgaattccct ggaacaagag atggacgaat taggcaaacc 1560 ggatttccta aactaccgac tcttcctcac tggctgggat agcaacattg ctggtcatgc 1620 agcattaaac tttgacagag ccactgacgt cctgacaggt ctgaaacaga aaacctcctt 1680 tgggagacca atgtgggaca atgagttttc tagaatagct actgcccacc ccaagtctgt 1740 ggtgggggtt ttcttatgcg gccctccgac tttggcaaaa agcctgcgca aatgctgtcg 1800 gcggtactca agtctggatc ctaggaaggt tcaattctac ttcaacaaag aaacgttctg 1860 aattggagga agccgcacag tagtacttct ccatcttcct tttcactaac gtgtgggtca 1920 gctactagat agtccgttgt cgcacaagga cttcactccc atcttaaagt tgactcaact 1980 ccatcattct tgggctttgg caacatgaga gctgcataac tcacaattgc aaaacacatg 2040 aattattatt ggggggattg taaatccttc tgggaaacct gcctttagct gaatcttgct 2100 ggttgacact tgcacaattt aacctcaggt gtcttggttg atacctgata atcttccctc 2160 ccacctgtcc ctcacagaag atttctaagt agggtgattt taaaatattt attgaatcca 2220 cgacaaaaca ataatcataa ataataaaca taaaattacc aagattccca ctcccatatc 2280 atacccacta agaacatcgt tatacatgag cttatcatcc agtgtgacca acaatttata 2340 ctttactgtg ccaaaataat cttcatcttt gcttattgaa caattttgct gactttccct 2400 agtaatatct taagtatatt aactggaatc aaatttgtat tatagttaga agccaactat 2460 attgccagtt tgtattgttt gaaataactg gaaaggcctg acctacatcg tggggtaatt 2520 taacagaagc tctttccatt ttttgttgtt gttgttaaag agttttgttt atgaatgtgt 2580 tataaaaaga aaataaaaag ttataatttt gacggaaaa 2619 42 499 PRT Rat 42 Met Val Ile Leu Ile Pro Val Cys Arg Asn Leu Leu Ser Phe Leu Arg 1 5 10 15 Gly Thr Cys Ser Phe Cys Asn His Thr Leu Arg Lys Pro Leu Asp His 20 25 30 Asn Leu Thr Phe His Lys Leu Val Ala Tyr Met Ile Cys Ile Phe Thr 35 40 45 Ala Ile His Ile Ile Ala His Leu Phe Asn Phe Glu Arg Tyr Ser Arg 50 55 60 Ser Gln Gln Ala Met Asp Gly Ser Leu Ala Ser Val Leu Ser Ser Leu 65 70 75 80 Phe His Pro Glu Lys Glu Asp Ser Trp Leu Asn Pro Ile Gln Ser Pro 85 90 95 Asn Val Thr Val Met Tyr Ala Ala Phe Thr Ser Ile Ala Gly Leu Thr 100 105 110 Gly Val Val Ala Thr Val Ala Leu Val Leu Met Val Thr Ser Ala Met 115 120 125 Glu Phe Ile Arg Arg Asn Tyr Phe Glu Leu Phe Trp Tyr Thr His His 130 135 140 Leu Phe Ile Ile Tyr Ile Ile Cys Leu Gly Ile His Gly Leu Gly Gly 145 150 155 160 Ile Val Arg Gly Gln Thr Glu Glu Ser Met Ser Glu Ser His Pro Arg 165 170 175 Asn Cys Ser Tyr Ser Phe His Glu Trp Asp Lys Tyr Glu Arg Ser Cys 180 185 190 Arg Ser Pro His Phe Val Gly Gln Pro Pro Glu Ser Trp Lys Trp Ile 195 200 205 Leu Ala Pro Ile Ala Phe Tyr Ile Phe Glu Arg Ile Leu Arg Phe Tyr 210 215 220 Arg Ser Arg Gln Lys Val Val Ile Thr Lys Val Val Met His Pro Cys 225 230 235 240 Lys Val Leu Glu Leu Gln Met Arg Lys Arg Gly Phe Thr Met Gly Ile 245 250 255 Gly Gln Tyr Ile Phe Val Asn Cys Pro Ser Ile Ser Phe Leu Glu Trp 260 265 270 His Pro Phe Thr Leu Thr Ser Ala Pro Glu Glu Glu Phe Phe Ser Ile 275 280 285 His Ile Arg Ala Ala Gly Asp Trp Thr Glu Asn Leu Ile Arg Thr Phe 290 295 300 Glu Gln Gln His Ser Pro Met Pro Arg Ile Glu Val Asp Gly Pro Phe 305 310 315 320 Gly Thr Val Ser Glu Asp Val Phe Gln Tyr Glu Val Ala Val Leu Val 325 330 335 Gly Ala Gly Ile Gly Val Thr Pro Phe Ala Ser Phe Leu Lys Ser Ile 340 345 350 Trp Tyr Lys Phe Gln Arg Ala His Asn Lys Leu Lys Thr Gln Lys Ile 355 360 365 Tyr Phe Tyr Trp Ile Cys Arg Glu Thr Gly Ala Phe Ala Trp Phe Asn 370 375 380 Asn Leu Leu Asn Ser Leu Glu Gln Glu Met Asp Glu Leu Gly Lys Pro 385 390 395 400 Asp Phe Leu Asn Tyr Arg Leu Phe Leu Thr Gly Trp Asp Ser Asn Ile 405 410 415 Ala Gly His Ala Ala Leu Asn Phe Asp Arg Ala Thr Asp Val Leu Thr 420 425 430 Gly Leu Lys Gln Lys Thr Ser Phe Gly Arg Pro Met Trp Asp Asn Glu 435 440 445 Phe Ser Arg Ile Ala Thr Ala His Pro Lys Ser Val Val Gly Val Phe 450 455 460 Leu Cys Gly Pro Pro Thr Leu Ala Lys Ser Leu Arg Lys Cys Cys Arg 465 470 475 480 Arg Tyr Ser Ser Leu Asp Pro Arg Lys Val Gln Phe Tyr Phe Asn Lys 485 490 495 Glu Thr Phe 43 35 DNA Artificial Sequence Description of Artificial Sequence synthetic primer 43 ttctgagtag gtgtgcattt gagtgtcata aagac 35 44 45 DNA Artificial Sequence Description of Artificial Sequence synthetic primer 44 ttttccgtca aaattataac tttttatttt ctttttataa cacat 45 45 5494 DNA Homo sapiens CDS (155)..(4810) 45 gcagagctgc agaggcaccg gacgagagag ggctccgcgg gcccagctgg cagccaggcc 60 ggagacaagt tgcagtcccg ggctctggtg acgccgtggc cgcagggtct ccattttggg 120 acattctaat ccctgagccc ctattatttt catc atg ggc ttc tgc ctg gct cta 175 Met Gly Phe Cys Leu Ala Leu 1 5 gca tgg aca ctt ctg gtt ggg gca tgg acc cct ctg gga gct cag aac 223 Ala Trp Thr Leu Leu Val Gly Ala Trp Thr Pro Leu Gly Ala Gln Asn 10 15 20 ccc att tcg tgg gag gtg cag cga ttt gat ggg tgg tac aac aac ctc 271 Pro Ile Ser Trp Glu Val Gln Arg Phe Asp Gly Trp Tyr Asn Asn Leu 25 30 35 atg gag cac aga tgg ggc agc aaa ggc tcc cgg ctg cag cgc ctg gtc 319 Met Glu His Arg Trp Gly Ser Lys Gly Ser Arg Leu Gln Arg Leu Val 40 45 50 55 cca gcc agc tat gca gat ggc gtg tac cag ccc ttg gga gaa ccc cac 367 Pro Ala Ser Tyr Ala Asp Gly Val Tyr Gln Pro Leu Gly Glu Pro His 60 65 70 ctg ccc aac ccc cga gac ctt agc aac acc atc tca agg ggc cct gca 415 Leu Pro Asn Pro Arg Asp Leu Ser Asn Thr Ile Ser Arg Gly Pro Ala 75 80 85 ggg ctg gcc tcc ctg aga aac cgc aca gtg ttg ggg gtc ttc ttt ggc 463 Gly Leu Ala Ser Leu Arg Asn Arg Thr Val Leu Gly Val Phe Phe Gly 90 95 100 tat cac gtg ctt tca gac ctg gtg agc gtg gaa act ccc ggc tgc ccc 511 Tyr His Val Leu Ser Asp Leu Val Ser Val Glu Thr Pro Gly Cys Pro 105 110 115 gcc gag ttc ctc aac att cgc atc ccg ccc gga gac ccc atg ttc gac 559 Ala Glu Phe Leu Asn Ile Arg Ile Pro Pro Gly Asp Pro Met Phe Asp 120 125 130 135 ccc gac cag cgc ggg gac gtg gtg ctg ccc ttc cag aga agc cgc tgg 607 Pro Asp Gln Arg Gly Asp Val Val Leu Pro Phe Gln Arg Ser Arg Trp 140 145 150 gac ccc gag acc gga cgg agt ccc agc aat ccc cgg gac ccg gcc aac 655 Asp Pro Glu Thr Gly Arg Ser Pro Ser Asn Pro Arg Asp Pro Ala Asn 155 160 165 cag gtg acg ggc tgg ctg gac ggc agc gcc atc tat ggt tcc tcg cat 703 Gln Val Thr Gly Trp Leu Asp Gly Ser Ala Ile Tyr Gly Ser Ser His 170 175 180 tcc tgg agc gac gcg ctg cgg agc ttc tcc agg gga cag ctg gcg tcg 751 Ser Trp Ser Asp Ala Leu Arg Ser Phe Ser Arg Gly Gln Leu Ala Ser 185 190 195 ggg ccc gac ccc gct ttt ccc cga gac tcg cag aac ccc ctg ctc atg 799 Gly Pro Asp Pro Ala Phe Pro Arg Asp Ser Gln Asn Pro Leu Leu Met 200 205 210 215 tgg gcg gcg ccc gac ccc gcc acc ggg cag aac ggg ccc cgg ggg ctg 847 Trp Ala Ala Pro Asp Pro Ala Thr Gly Gln Asn Gly Pro Arg Gly Leu 220 225 230 tac gcc ttc ggg gca gag aga ggg aac cgg gaa ccc ttc ctg cag gcg 895 Tyr Ala Phe Gly Ala Glu Arg Gly Asn Arg Glu Pro Phe Leu Gln Ala 235 240 245 ctg ggc ctg ctc tgg ttc cgc tac cac aac ctg tgg gcg cag agg ctg 943 Leu Gly Leu Leu Trp Phe Arg Tyr His Asn Leu Trp Ala Gln Arg Leu 250 255 260 gcc cgc cag cac cca gac tgg gag gac gag gag ctg ttc cag cac gca 991 Ala Arg Gln His Pro Asp Trp Glu Asp Glu Glu Leu Phe Gln His Ala 265 270 275 cgc aag agg gtc atc gcc acc tac cag aac atc gct gtg tat gag tgg 1039 Arg Lys Arg Val Ile Ala Thr Tyr Gln Asn Ile Ala Val Tyr Glu Trp 280 285 290 295 ctg ccc agc ttc ctg cag aaa aca ctc ccg gag tat aca gga tac cgg 1087 Leu Pro Ser Phe Leu Gln Lys Thr Leu Pro Glu Tyr Thr Gly Tyr Arg 300 305 310 cca ttt ctg gac ccc agc atc tcc tca gag ttc gtg gcg gcc tct gag 1135 Pro Phe Leu Asp Pro Ser Ile Ser Ser Glu Phe Val Ala Ala Ser Glu 315 320 325 cag ttc ctg tcc acc atg gtg ccc cct ggc gtc tac atg aga aat gcc 1183 Gln Phe Leu Ser Thr Met Val Pro Pro Gly Val Tyr Met Arg Asn Ala 330 335 340 agc tgc cac ttc cag ggg gtc atc aat cgg aac tca agt gtc tcc aga 1231 Ser Cys His Phe Gln Gly Val Ile Asn Arg Asn Ser Ser Val Ser Arg 345 350 355 gct ctc cgg gtc tgc aac agc tac tgg agc cgt gag cac cca agc cta 1279 Ala Leu Arg Val Cys Asn Ser Tyr Trp Ser Arg Glu His Pro Ser Leu 360 365 370 375 caa agt gct gaa gat gtg gat gca ctg ctg ctg ggc atg gcc tcc cag 1327 Gln Ser Ala Glu Asp Val Asp Ala Leu Leu Leu Gly Met Ala Ser Gln 380 385 390 atc gca gag cga gag gac cat gtg ttg gtt gaa gat gtg cgg gat ttc 1375 Ile Ala Glu Arg Glu Asp His Val Leu Val Glu Asp Val Arg Asp Phe 395 400 405 tgg cct ggg cca ctg aag ttt tcc cgc aca gac cac ctg gcc agc tgc 1423 Trp Pro Gly Pro Leu Lys Phe Ser Arg Thr Asp His Leu Ala Ser Cys 410 415 420 ctg cag cgg ggc cgg gat ctg ggc ctg ccc tct tac acc aag gcc agg 1471 Leu Gln Arg Gly Arg Asp Leu Gly Leu Pro Ser Tyr Thr Lys Ala Arg 425 430 435 gca gca ctg ggc ttg tct ccc att acc cgc tgg cag gac atc aac cct 1519 Ala Ala Leu Gly Leu Ser Pro Ile Thr Arg Trp Gln Asp Ile Asn Pro 440 445 450 455 gca ctc tcc cgg agc aat gac act gta ctg gag gcc aca gct gcc ctg 1567 Ala Leu Ser Arg Ser Asn Asp Thr Val Leu Glu Ala Thr Ala Ala Leu 460 465 470 tac aac cag gac tta tcc tgg cta gag ctg ctc cct ggg gga ctc ctg 1615 Tyr Asn Gln Asp Leu Ser Trp Leu Glu Leu Leu Pro Gly Gly Leu Leu 475 480 485 gag agc cac cgg gac cct gga cct ctg ttc agc acc atc gtc ctt gaa 1663 Glu Ser His Arg Asp Pro Gly Pro Leu Phe Ser Thr Ile Val Leu Glu 490 495 500 caa ttt gtg cgg cta cgg gat ggt gac cgc tac tgg ttt gag aac acc 1711 Gln Phe Val Arg Leu Arg Asp Gly Asp Arg Tyr Trp Phe Glu Asn Thr 505 510 515 agg aat ggg ctg ttc tcc aag aag gag att gaa gaa atc cga aat acc 1759 Arg Asn Gly Leu Phe Ser Lys Lys Glu Ile Glu Glu Ile Arg Asn Thr 520 525 530 535 acc ctg cag gac gtg ctg gtc gct gtt atc aac att gac ccc agt gct 1807 Thr Leu Gln Asp Val Leu Val Ala Val Ile Asn Ile Asp Pro Ser Ala 540 545 550 ctg cag ccc aat gtc ttt gtc tgg cat aaa gga gac ccc tgt ccg cag 1855 Leu Gln Pro Asn Val Phe Val Trp His Lys Gly Asp Pro Cys Pro Gln 555 560 565 ccg aga cag ctc agc act gaa ggc ctg cca gcg tgt gct ccc tct gtt 1903 Pro Arg Gln Leu Ser Thr Glu Gly Leu Pro Ala Cys Ala Pro Ser Val 570 575 580 gtt cgt gac tat ttt gag ggc agt gga ttt ggc ttc ggg gtc acc atc 1951 Val Arg Asp Tyr Phe Glu Gly Ser Gly Phe Gly Phe Gly Val Thr Ile 585 590 595 ggg acc ctc tgt tgc ttc cct ttg gtg agc ctg ctc agt gcc tgg att 1999 Gly Thr Leu Cys Cys Phe Pro Leu Val Ser Leu Leu Ser Ala Trp Ile 600 605 610 615 gtt gcc cgg ctc cgg atg aga aat ttc aag agg ctc cag ggc cag gac 2047 Val Ala Arg Leu Arg Met Arg Asn Phe Lys Arg Leu Gln Gly Gln Asp 620 625 630 cgc cag agc atc gtg tct gag aag ctc gtg gga ggc atg gaa gct ttg 2095 Arg Gln Ser Ile Val Ser Glu Lys Leu Val Gly Gly Met Glu Ala Leu 635 640 645 gaa tgg caa ggc cac aag gag ccc tgc cgg ccc gtg ctt gtg tac ctg 2143 Glu Trp Gln Gly His Lys Glu Pro Cys Arg Pro Val Leu Val Tyr Leu 650 655 660 cag ccc ggg cag atc cgt gtg gta gat ggc agg ctc acc gtg ctc cgc 2191 Gln Pro Gly Gln Ile Arg Val Val Asp Gly Arg Leu Thr Val Leu Arg 665 670 675 acc atc cag ctg cag cct cca cag aag gtc aac ttc gtc ctg tcc agc 2239 Thr Ile Gln Leu Gln Pro Pro Gln Lys Val Asn Phe Val Leu Ser Ser 680 685 690 695 aac cgt gga cgc cgc act ctg ctg ctc aag atc ccc aag gag tat gac 2287 Asn Arg Gly Arg Arg Thr Leu Leu Leu Lys Ile Pro Lys Glu Tyr Asp 700 705 710 ctg gtg ctg ctg ttt aac ttg gag gaa gag cgg cag gcg ctg gtg gaa 2335 Leu Val Leu Leu Phe Asn Leu Glu Glu Glu Arg Gln Ala Leu Val Glu 715 720 725 aat ctc cgg gga gct ctg aag gag agc ggg ttg agc atc cag gag tgg 2383 Asn Leu Arg Gly Ala Leu Lys Glu Ser Gly Leu Ser Ile Gln Glu Trp 730 735 740 gag ctg cgg gag cag gag ctg atg aga gca gct gtg aca cgg gag cag 2431 Glu Leu Arg Glu Gln Glu Leu Met Arg Ala Ala Val Thr Arg Glu Gln 745 750 755 cgg agg cac ctc ctg gag acc ttt ttc agg cac ctt ttc tcc cag gtg 2479 Arg Arg His Leu Leu Glu Thr Phe Phe Arg His Leu Phe Ser Gln Val 760 765 770 775 ctg gac atc aac cag gcc gac gca ggg acc ctg ccc ctg gac tcc tcc 2527 Leu Asp Ile Asn Gln Ala Asp Ala Gly Thr Leu Pro Leu Asp Ser Ser 780 785 790 cag aag gtg cgg gag gcc ctg acc tgt gag ctg agc agg gcc gag ttt 2575 Gln Lys Val Arg Glu Ala Leu Thr Cys Glu Leu Ser Arg Ala Glu Phe 795 800 805 gcc gag tcc ctg ggc ctc aag ccc cag gac atg ttt gtg gag tcc atg 2623 Ala Glu Ser Leu Gly Leu Lys Pro Gln Asp Met Phe Val Glu Ser Met 810 815 820 ttc tct ctg gct gac aag gat ggc aat ggc tac ctg tcc ttc cga gag 2671 Phe Ser Leu Ala Asp Lys Asp Gly Asn Gly Tyr Leu Ser Phe Arg Glu 825 830 835 ttc ctg gac atc ctg gtg gtc ttc atg aaa ggc tct cct gag gaa aag 2719 Phe Leu Asp Ile Leu Val Val Phe Met Lys Gly Ser Pro Glu Glu Lys 840 845 850 855 tct cgc ctt atg ttc cgc atg tac gac ttt gat ggg aat ggc ctc att 2767 Ser Arg Leu Met Phe Arg Met Tyr Asp Phe Asp Gly Asn Gly Leu Ile 860 865 870 tcc aag gat gag ttc atc agg atg ctg aga tcc ttc atc gag atc tcc 2815 Ser Lys Asp Glu Phe Ile Arg Met Leu Arg Ser Phe Ile Glu Ile Ser 875 880 885 aac aac tgc ctg tcc aag gcc cag ctg gct gag gtg gtg gag tcc atg 2863 Asn Asn Cys Leu Ser Lys Ala Gln Leu Ala Glu Val Val Glu Ser Met 890 895 900 ttc cgg gag tcg gga ttc cag gac aag gag gaa ctg aca tgg gaa gat 2911 Phe Arg Glu Ser Gly Phe Gln Asp Lys Glu Glu Leu Thr Trp Glu Asp 905 910 915 ttt cac ttc atg ctg cgg gac cac aat agc gag ctc cgc ttc acg cag 2959 Phe His Phe Met Leu Arg Asp His Asn Ser Glu Leu Arg Phe Thr Gln 920 925 930 935 ctc tgt gtc aaa ggg gtg gag gtg cct gaa gtc atc aag gac ctc tgc 3007 Leu Cys Val Lys Gly Val Glu Val Pro Glu Val Ile Lys Asp Leu Cys 940 945 950 cgg cga gcc tcc tac atc agc cag gat atg atc tgt ccc tct ccc aga 3055 Arg Arg Ala Ser Tyr Ile Ser Gln Asp Met Ile Cys Pro Ser Pro Arg 955 960 965 gtg agt gcc cgc tgt tcc cgc agc gac att gag act gag ttg aca cct 3103 Val Ser Ala Arg Cys Ser Arg Ser Asp Ile Glu Thr Glu Leu Thr Pro 970 975 980 cag aga ctg cag tgc ccc atg gac aca gac cct ccc cag gag att cgg 3151 Gln Arg Leu Gln Cys Pro Met Asp Thr Asp Pro Pro Gln Glu Ile Arg 985 990 995 cgg agg ttt ggc aag aag gta acg tca ttc cag ccc ttg ctg ttc act 3199 Arg Arg Phe Gly Lys Lys Val Thr Ser Phe Gln Pro Leu Leu Phe Thr 1000 1005 1010 1015 gag gcg cac cga gag aag ttc caa cgc agc tgt ctc cac cag acg gtg 3247 Glu Ala His Arg Glu Lys Phe Gln Arg Ser Cys Leu His Gln Thr Val 1020 1025 1030 caa cag ttc aag cgc ttc att gag aac tac cgg cgc cac atc ggc tgc 3295 Gln Gln Phe Lys Arg Phe Ile Glu Asn Tyr Arg Arg His Ile Gly Cys 1035 1040 1045 gtg gcc gtg ttc tac gcc atc gct ggg ggg ctt ttc ctg gag agg gcc 3343 Val Ala Val Phe Tyr Ala Ile Ala Gly Gly Leu Phe Leu Glu Arg Ala 1050 1055 1060 tac tac tac gcc ttt gcc gca cat cac acg ggc atc acg gac acc acc 3391 Tyr Tyr Tyr Ala Phe Ala Ala His His Thr Gly Ile Thr Asp Thr Thr 1065 1070 1075 cgc gtg gga atc atc ctg tcg cgg ggc aca gca gcc agc atc tct ttc 3439 Arg Val Gly Ile Ile Leu Ser Arg Gly Thr Ala Ala Ser Ile Ser Phe 1080 1085 1090 1095 atg ttc tcc tac atc ttg ctc acc atg tgc cgc aac ctc atc acc ttc 3487 Met Phe Ser Tyr Ile Leu Leu Thr Met Cys Arg Asn Leu Ile Thr Phe 1100 1105 1110 ctg cga gaa acc ttc ctc aac cgc tac gtg ccc ttc gac gcc gcc gtg 3535 Leu Arg Glu Thr Phe Leu Asn Arg Tyr Val Pro Phe Asp Ala Ala Val 1115 1120 1125 gac ttc cat cgc ctc att gcc tcc acc gcc atc gtc ctc aca gtc tta 3583 Asp Phe His Arg Leu Ile Ala Ser Thr Ala Ile Val Leu Thr Val Leu 1130 1135 1140 cac agt gtg ggc cat gtg gtg aat gtg tac ctg ttc tcc atc agc ccc 3631 His Ser Val Gly His Val Val Asn Val Tyr Leu Phe Ser Ile Ser Pro 1145 1150 1155 ctc agc gtc ctc tct tgc ctc ttt cct ggc ctc ttc cat gat gat ggg 3679 Leu Ser Val Leu Ser Cys Leu Phe Pro Gly Leu Phe His Asp Asp Gly 1160 1165 1170 1175 tct gag ttc ccc cag aag tat tac tgg tgg ttc ttc cag acc gta cca 3727 Ser Glu Phe Pro Gln Lys Tyr Tyr Trp Trp Phe Phe Gln Thr Val Pro 1180 1185 1190 ggc ctc acg ggg gtt gtg ctg ctc ctg atc ctg gcc atc atg tat gtc 3775 Gly Leu Thr Gly Val Val Leu Leu Leu Ile Leu Ala Ile Met Tyr Val 1195 1200 1205 ttt gcc tcc cac cac ttc cgc cgc cgc agt ttc cgg ggc ttc tgg ctg 3823 Phe Ala Ser His His Phe Arg Arg Arg Ser Phe Arg Gly Phe Trp Leu 1210 1215 1220 acc cac cac ctc tac atc ctg ctc tat gtc ctg ctc atc atc cat ggt 3871 Thr His His Leu Tyr Ile Leu Leu Tyr Val Leu Leu Ile Ile His Gly 1225 1230 1235 agc ttt gcc ctg atc cag ctg ccc cgt ttc cac atc ttc ttc ctg gtc 3919 Ser Phe Ala Leu Ile Gln Leu Pro Arg Phe His Ile Phe Phe Leu Val 1240 1245 1250 1255 cca gca atc atc tat ggg ggc gac aag ctg gtg agc ctg agc cgg aag 3967 Pro Ala Ile Ile Tyr Gly Gly Asp Lys Leu Val Ser Leu Ser Arg Lys 1260 1265 1270 aag gtg gag atc agc gtg gtg aag gcg gag ctg ctg ccc tca gga gtg 4015 Lys Val Glu Ile Ser Val Val Lys Ala Glu Leu Leu Pro Ser Gly Val 1275 1280 1285 acc cac ctg cgg ttc cag cgg ccc cag ggc ttt gag tac aag tca ggg 4063 Thr His Leu Arg Phe Gln Arg Pro Gln Gly Phe Glu Tyr Lys Ser Gly 1290 1295 1300 cag tgg gtg cgg atc gct tgc ctg gct ctg ggg acc acc gag tac cac 4111 Gln Trp Val Arg Ile Ala Cys Leu Ala Leu Gly Thr Thr Glu Tyr His 1305 1310 1315 ccc ttc aca ctg acc tct gcg ccc cat gag gac acg ctt agc ctg cac 4159 Pro Phe Thr Leu Thr Ser Ala Pro His Glu Asp Thr Leu Ser Leu His 1320 1325 1330 1335 atc cgg gca gca ggg ccc tgg acc act cgc ctc agg gag atc tac tca 4207 Ile Arg Ala Ala Gly Pro Trp Thr Thr Arg Leu Arg Glu Ile Tyr Ser 1340 1345 1350 gcc ccg acg ggt gac aga tgt gcc aga tac cca aag ctg tac ctt gat 4255 Ala Pro Thr Gly Asp Arg Cys Ala Arg Tyr Pro Lys Leu Tyr Leu Asp 1355 1360 1365 gga cca ttt gga gag ggc cac cag gag tgg cat aag ttt gag gtg tca 4303 Gly Pro Phe Gly Glu Gly His Gln Glu Trp His Lys Phe Glu Val Ser 1370 1375 1380 gtg tta gtg gga ggg ggc att ggg gtc acc cct ttt gcc tcc atc ctc 4351 Val Leu Val Gly Gly Gly Ile Gly Val Thr Pro Phe Ala Ser Ile Leu 1385 1390 1395 aaa gac ctg gtc ttc aag tca tcc gtc agc tgc caa gtg ttc tgt aag 4399 Lys Asp Leu Val Phe Lys Ser Ser Val Ser Cys Gln Val Phe Cys Lys 1400 1405 1410 1415 aag atc tac ttc atc tgg gtg acg cgg acc cag cgt cag ttt gag tgg 4447 Lys Ile Tyr Phe Ile Trp Val Thr Arg Thr Gln Arg Gln Phe Glu Trp 1420 1425 1430 ctg gct gac atc atc cga gag gtg gag gag aat gac cac cag gac ctg 4495 Leu Ala Asp Ile Ile Arg Glu Val Glu Glu Asn Asp His Gln Asp Leu 1435 1440 1445 gtg tct gtg cac atc tac atc acc cag ctg gct gag aag ttc gac ctc 4543 Val Ser Val His Ile Tyr Ile Thr Gln Leu Ala Glu Lys Phe Asp Leu 1450 1455 1460 agg acc act atg ctg tac atc tgt gag cgg cac ttc cag aag gtt ctg 4591 Arg Thr Thr Met Leu Tyr Ile Cys Glu Arg His Phe Gln Lys Val Leu 1465 1470 1475 aac cgg agt cta ttc aca ggc ctg cgc tcc atc acc cac ttt ggc cgt 4639 Asn Arg Ser Leu Phe Thr Gly Leu Arg Ser Ile Thr His Phe Gly Arg 1480 1485 1490 1495 ccc ccc ttt gag ccc ttc ttc aac tcc ctg cag gag gtc cac ccc cag 4687 Pro Pro Phe Glu Pro Phe Phe Asn Ser Leu Gln Glu Val His Pro Gln 1500 1505 1510 gtc cgg aag atc ggg gtg ttt agc tgt ggc ccc cct ggc atg acc aag 4735 Val Arg Lys Ile Gly Val Phe Ser Cys Gly Pro Pro Gly Met Thr Lys 1515 1520 1525 aat gtg gaa aag gcc tgt cag ctc atc aac agg cag gac cgg act cac 4783 Asn Val Glu Lys Ala Cys Gln Leu Ile Asn Arg Gln Asp Arg Thr His 1530 1535 1540 ttc tcc cac cat tat gag aac ttc tag gcccctgccc gggggttctg 4830 Phe Ser His His Tyr Glu Asn Phe 1545 1550 cccactgtcc agttgagcag aggtttgagc ccacacctca cctctgttct tcctatttct 4890 ggctgcctca gccttctctg atttcccacc tcccaacctt gttccaggtg gccatagtca 4950 gtcaccatgt gtgggctcag ggacccccag gaccaggatg tgtctcagcc tggagaaatg 5010 gtgggggggc agtgtctagg gactagagtg agaagtaggg gagctactga tttggggcaa 5070 agtgaaacct ctgcttcaga cttcagaaac aaatctcaga agacaagctg acctgacaag 5130 tactatgtgt gtgcatgtct gtatgtgtgt tggggcggtg agtgtaagga tgcagtggga 5190 gcatggatgc tggcatctta gaaccctccc tactcccata cctcctcctc ttctgggctc 5250 cccactgtca gacgggctgg caaatgcctt gcaggaggta gaggctggac ccatggcaag 5310 ccatttacag aaacccactc ggcaccccag tctaacacca caactaattt cacccaaggt 5370 tttaagcacg ttctttcatc agaccctggc ccaataccta tgtatgcaat gctcctcagc 5430 cctcttctcc ctgctccagt agtctccctt ccaaataaat cacttttctg ccaaaaaaaa 5490 aaaa 5494 46 1551 PRT Homo sapiens 46 Met Gly Phe Cys Leu Ala Leu Ala Trp Thr Leu Leu Val Gly Ala Trp 1 5 10 15 Thr Pro Leu Gly Ala Gln Asn Pro Ile Ser Trp Glu Val Gln Arg Phe 20 25 30 Asp Gly Trp Tyr Asn Asn Leu Met Glu His Arg Trp Gly Ser Lys Gly 35 40 45 Ser Arg Leu Gln Arg Leu Val Pro Ala Ser Tyr Ala Asp Gly Val Tyr 50 55 60 Gln Pro Leu Gly Glu Pro His Leu Pro Asn Pro Arg Asp Leu Ser Asn 65 70 75 80 Thr Ile Ser Arg Gly Pro Ala Gly Leu Ala Ser Leu Arg Asn Arg Thr 85 90 95 Val Leu Gly Val Phe Phe Gly Tyr His Val Leu Ser Asp Leu Val Ser 100 105 110 Val Glu Thr Pro Gly Cys Pro Ala Glu Phe Leu Asn Ile Arg Ile Pro 115 120 125 Pro Gly Asp Pro Met Phe Asp Pro Asp Gln Arg Gly Asp Val Val Leu 130 135 140 Pro Phe Gln Arg Ser Arg Trp Asp Pro Glu Thr Gly Arg Ser Pro Ser 145 150 155 160 Asn Pro Arg Asp Pro Ala Asn Gln Val Thr Gly Trp Leu Asp Gly Ser 165 170 175 Ala Ile Tyr Gly Ser Ser His Ser Trp Ser Asp Ala Leu Arg Ser Phe 180 185 190 Ser Arg Gly Gln Leu Ala Ser Gly Pro Asp Pro Ala Phe Pro Arg Asp 195 200 205 Ser Gln Asn Pro Leu Leu Met Trp Ala Ala Pro Asp Pro Ala Thr Gly 210 215 220 Gln Asn Gly Pro Arg Gly Leu Tyr Ala Phe Gly Ala Glu Arg Gly Asn 225 230 235 240 Arg Glu Pro Phe Leu Gln Ala Leu Gly Leu Leu Trp Phe Arg Tyr His 245 250 255 Asn Leu Trp Ala Gln Arg Leu Ala Arg Gln His Pro Asp Trp Glu Asp 260 265 270 Glu Glu Leu Phe Gln His Ala Arg Lys Arg Val Ile Ala Thr Tyr Gln 275 280 285 Asn Ile Ala Val Tyr Glu Trp Leu Pro Ser Phe Leu Gln Lys Thr Leu 290 295 300 Pro Glu Tyr Thr Gly Tyr Arg Pro Phe Leu Asp Pro Ser Ile Ser Ser 305 310 315 320 Glu Phe Val Ala Ala Ser Glu Gln Phe Leu Ser Thr Met Val Pro Pro 325 330 335 Gly Val Tyr Met Arg Asn Ala Ser Cys His Phe Gln Gly Val Ile Asn 340 345 350 Arg Asn Ser Ser Val Ser Arg Ala Leu Arg Val Cys Asn Ser Tyr Trp 355 360 365 Ser Arg Glu His Pro Ser Leu Gln Ser Ala Glu Asp Val Asp Ala Leu 370 375 380 Leu Leu Gly Met Ala Ser Gln Ile Ala Glu Arg Glu Asp His Val Leu 385 390 395 400 Val Glu Asp Val Arg Asp Phe Trp Pro Gly Pro Leu Lys Phe Ser Arg 405 410 415 Thr Asp His Leu Ala Ser Cys Leu Gln Arg Gly Arg Asp Leu Gly Leu 420 425 430 Pro Ser Tyr Thr Lys Ala Arg Ala Ala Leu Gly Leu Ser Pro Ile Thr 435 440 445 Arg Trp Gln Asp Ile Asn Pro Ala Leu Ser Arg Ser Asn Asp Thr Val 450 455 460 Leu Glu Ala Thr Ala Ala Leu Tyr Asn Gln Asp Leu Ser Trp Leu Glu 465 470 475 480 Leu Leu Pro Gly Gly Leu Leu Glu Ser His Arg Asp Pro Gly Pro Leu 485 490 495 Phe Ser Thr Ile Val Leu Glu Gln Phe Val Arg Leu Arg Asp Gly Asp 500 505 510 Arg Tyr Trp Phe Glu Asn Thr Arg Asn Gly Leu Phe Ser Lys Lys Glu 515 520 525 Ile Glu Glu Ile Arg Asn Thr Thr Leu Gln Asp Val Leu Val Ala Val 530 535 540 Ile Asn Ile Asp Pro Ser Ala Leu Gln Pro Asn Val Phe Val Trp His 545 550 555 560 Lys Gly Asp Pro Cys Pro Gln Pro Arg Gln Leu Ser Thr Glu Gly Leu 565 570 575 Pro Ala Cys Ala Pro Ser Val Val Arg Asp Tyr Phe Glu Gly Ser Gly 580 585 590 Phe Gly Phe Gly Val Thr Ile Gly Thr Leu Cys Cys Phe Pro Leu Val 595 600 605 Ser Leu Leu Ser Ala Trp Ile Val Ala Arg Leu Arg Met Arg Asn Phe 610 615 620 Lys Arg Leu Gln Gly Gln Asp Arg Gln Ser Ile Val Ser Glu Lys Leu 625 630 635 640 Val Gly Gly Met Glu Ala Leu Glu Trp Gln Gly His Lys Glu Pro Cys 645 650 655 Arg Pro Val Leu Val Tyr Leu Gln Pro Gly Gln Ile Arg Val Val Asp 660 665 670 Gly Arg Leu Thr Val Leu Arg Thr Ile Gln Leu Gln Pro Pro Gln Lys 675 680 685 Val Asn Phe Val Leu Ser Ser Asn Arg Gly Arg Arg Thr Leu Leu Leu 690 695 700 Lys Ile Pro Lys Glu Tyr Asp Leu Val Leu Leu Phe Asn Leu Glu Glu 705 710 715 720 Glu Arg Gln Ala Leu Val Glu Asn Leu Arg Gly Ala Leu Lys Glu Ser 725 730 735 Gly Leu Ser Ile Gln Glu Trp Glu Leu Arg Glu Gln Glu Leu Met Arg 740 745 750 Ala Ala Val Thr Arg Glu Gln Arg Arg His Leu Leu Glu Thr Phe Phe 755 760 765 Arg His Leu Phe Ser Gln Val Leu Asp Ile Asn Gln Ala Asp Ala Gly 770 775 780 Thr Leu Pro Leu Asp Ser Ser Gln Lys Val Arg Glu Ala Leu Thr Cys 785 790 795 800 Glu Leu Ser Arg Ala Glu Phe Ala Glu Ser Leu Gly Leu Lys Pro Gln 805 810 815 Asp Met Phe Val Glu Ser Met Phe Ser Leu Ala Asp Lys Asp Gly Asn 820 825 830 Gly Tyr Leu Ser Phe Arg Glu Phe Leu Asp Ile Leu Val Val Phe Met 835 840 845 Lys Gly Ser Pro Glu Glu Lys Ser Arg Leu Met Phe Arg Met Tyr Asp 850 855 860 Phe Asp Gly Asn Gly Leu Ile Ser Lys Asp Glu Phe Ile Arg Met Leu 865 870 875 880 Arg Ser Phe Ile Glu Ile Ser Asn Asn Cys Leu Ser Lys Ala Gln Leu 885 890 895 Ala Glu Val Val Glu Ser Met Phe Arg Glu Ser Gly Phe Gln Asp Lys 900 905 910 Glu Glu Leu Thr Trp Glu Asp Phe His Phe Met Leu Arg Asp His Asn 915 920 925 Ser Glu Leu Arg Phe Thr Gln Leu Cys Val Lys Gly Val Glu Val Pro 930 935 940 Glu Val Ile Lys Asp Leu Cys Arg Arg Ala Ser Tyr Ile Ser Gln Asp 945 950 955 960 Met Ile Cys Pro Ser Pro Arg Val Ser Ala Arg Cys Ser Arg Ser Asp 965 970 975 Ile Glu Thr Glu Leu Thr Pro Gln Arg Leu Gln Cys Pro Met Asp Thr 980 985 990 Asp Pro Pro Gln Glu Ile Arg Arg Arg Phe Gly Lys Lys Val Thr Ser 995 1000 1005 Phe Gln Pro Leu Leu Phe Thr Glu Ala His Arg Glu Lys Phe Gln 1010 1015 1020 Arg Ser Cys Leu His Gln Thr Val Gln Gln Phe Lys Arg Phe Ile 1025 1030 1035 Glu Asn Tyr Arg Arg His Ile Gly Cys Val Ala Val Phe Tyr Ala 1040 1045 1050 Ile Ala Gly Gly Leu Phe Leu Glu Arg Ala Tyr Tyr Tyr Ala Phe 1055 1060 1065 Ala Ala His His Thr Gly Ile Thr Asp Thr Thr Arg Val Gly Ile 1070 1075 1080 Ile Leu Ser Arg Gly Thr Ala Ala Ser Ile Ser Phe Met Phe Ser 1085 1090 1095 Tyr Ile Leu Leu Thr Met Cys Arg Asn Leu Ile Thr Phe Leu Arg 1100 1105 1110 Glu Thr Phe Leu Asn Arg Tyr Val Pro Phe Asp Ala Ala Val Asp 1115 1120 1125 Phe His Arg Leu Ile Ala Ser Thr Ala Ile Val Leu Thr Val Leu 1130 1135 1140 His Ser Val Gly His Val Val Asn Val Tyr Leu Phe Ser Ile Ser 1145 1150 1155 Pro Leu Ser Val Leu Ser Cys Leu Phe Pro Gly Leu Phe His Asp 1160 1165 1170 Asp Gly Ser Glu Phe Pro Gln Lys Tyr Tyr Trp Trp Phe Phe Gln 1175 1180 1185 Thr Val Pro Gly Leu Thr Gly Val Val Leu Leu Leu Ile Leu Ala 1190 1195 1200 Ile Met Tyr Val Phe Ala Ser His His Phe Arg Arg Arg Ser Phe 1205 1210 1215 Arg Gly Phe Trp Leu Thr His His Leu Tyr Ile Leu Leu Tyr Val 1220 1225 1230 Leu Leu Ile Ile His Gly Ser Phe Ala Leu Ile Gln Leu Pro Arg 1235 1240 1245 Phe His Ile Phe Phe Leu Val Pro Ala Ile Ile Tyr Gly Gly Asp 1250 1255 1260 Lys Leu Val Ser Leu Ser Arg Lys Lys Val Glu Ile Ser Val Val 1265 1270 1275 Lys Ala Glu Leu Leu Pro Ser Gly Val Thr His Leu Arg Phe Gln 1280 1285 1290 Arg Pro Gln Gly Phe Glu Tyr Lys Ser Gly Gln Trp Val Arg Ile 1295 1300 1305 Ala Cys Leu Ala Leu Gly Thr Thr Glu Tyr His Pro Phe Thr Leu 1310 1315 1320 Thr Ser Ala Pro His Glu Asp Thr Leu Ser Leu His Ile Arg Ala 1325 1330 1335 Ala Gly Pro Trp Thr Thr Arg Leu Arg Glu Ile Tyr Ser Ala Pro 1340 1345 1350 Thr Gly Asp Arg Cys Ala Arg Tyr Pro Lys Leu Tyr Leu Asp Gly 1355 1360 1365 Pro Phe Gly Glu Gly His Gln Glu Trp His Lys Phe Glu Val Ser 1370 1375 1380 Val Leu Val Gly Gly Gly Ile Gly Val Thr Pro Phe Ala Ser Ile 1385 1390 1395 Leu Lys Asp Leu Val Phe Lys Ser Ser Val Ser Cys Gln Val Phe 1400 1405 1410 Cys Lys Lys Ile Tyr Phe Ile Trp Val Thr Arg Thr Gln Arg Gln 1415 1420 1425 Phe Glu Trp Leu Ala Asp Ile Ile Arg Glu Val Glu Glu Asn Asp 1430 1435 1440 His Gln Asp Leu Val Ser Val His Ile Tyr Ile Thr Gln Leu Ala 1445 1450 1455 Glu Lys Phe Asp Leu Arg Thr Thr Met Leu Tyr Ile Cys Glu Arg 1460 1465 1470 His Phe Gln Lys Val Leu Asn Arg Ser Leu Phe Thr Gly Leu Arg 1475 1480 1485 Ser Ile Thr His Phe Gly Arg Pro Pro Phe Glu Pro Phe Phe Asn 1490 1495 1500 Ser Leu Gln Glu Val His Pro Gln Val Arg Lys Ile Gly Val Phe 1505 1510 1515 Ser Cys Gly Pro Pro Gly Met Thr Lys Asn Val Glu Lys Ala Cys 1520 1525 1530 Gln Leu Ile Asn Arg Gln Asp Arg Thr His Phe Ser His His Tyr 1535 1540 1545 Glu Asn Phe 1550 47 3453 DNA Homo sapiens CDS (438)..(3134) 47 gtcctcgacc agtttgtacg gctgcgggat ggtgaccgct actggtttga gaacaccagg 60 aatgggctgt tctccaagaa ggagattgag acatccgaaa taccaccgtg cgggacgtgc 120 tggtcgctgt tatcaacatt gaccccagtg ccctgcagcc caatgtcttt gtctggcata 180 aaggtgcacc ctgccctcaa cctaagcagc tcacaactga cggcctgccc cagtgtgcac 240 ccctgactgt gcttgacttc tttgaaggca gcagccctgg ttttgccatc accatcattg 300 ctctctgctg ccttccctta gtgagtctgc ttctctctgg agtggtggcc tatttccggg 360 gccgagaaca caagaagcta caaaagaaac tcaaagagag cgtgaagaag gaagcagcca 420 aagatggagt gccagcg atg gag tgg cca ggc ccc aag gag agg agc agt 470 Met Glu Trp Pro Gly Pro Lys Glu Arg Ser Ser 1 5 10 ccc atc atc atc cag ctg ctg tca gac agg tgt ctg cag gtc ctg aac 518 Pro Ile Ile Ile Gln Leu Leu Ser Asp Arg Cys Leu Gln Val Leu Asn 15 20 25 agg cat ctc act gtg ctc cgt gtg gtc cag ctg cag cct ctg cag cag 566 Arg His Leu Thr Val Leu Arg Val Val Gln Leu Gln Pro Leu Gln Gln 30 35 40 gtc aac ctc atc ctg tcc aac aac cga gga tgc cgc acc ctg ctg ctc 614 Val Asn Leu Ile Leu Ser Asn Asn Arg Gly Cys Arg Thr Leu Leu Leu 45 50 55 aag atc cct aag gag tat gac ctg gtg ctg ctg ttt agt tct gaa gag 662 Lys Ile Pro Lys Glu Tyr Asp Leu Val Leu Leu Phe Ser Ser Glu Glu 60 65 70 75 gaa cgg ggc gcc ttt gtg cag cag cta tgg gac ttc tgc gtg cgc tgg 710 Glu Arg Gly Ala Phe Val Gln Gln Leu Trp Asp Phe Cys Val Arg Trp 80 85 90 gct ctg ggc ctc cat gtg gct gag atg agc gag aag gag cta ttt agg 758 Ala Leu Gly Leu His Val Ala Glu Met Ser Glu Lys Glu Leu Phe Arg 95 100 105 aag gct gtg aca aag cag cag cgg gaa cgc atc ctg gag atc ttc ttc 806 Lys Ala Val Thr Lys Gln Gln Arg Glu Arg Ile Leu Glu Ile Phe Phe 110 115 120 aga cac ctt ttt gct cag gtg ctg gac atc aac cag gcc gac gca ggg 854 Arg His Leu Phe Ala Gln Val Leu Asp Ile Asn Gln Ala Asp Ala Gly 125 130 135 acc ctg ccc ctg gac tcc tcc cag aag gtg cgg gag gcc ctg acc tgc 902 Thr Leu Pro Leu Asp Ser Ser Gln Lys Val Arg Glu Ala Leu Thr Cys 140 145 150 155 gag ctg agc agg gcc gag ttt gcc gag tcc ctg ggc ctc aag ccc cag 950 Glu Leu Ser Arg Ala Glu Phe Ala Glu Ser Leu Gly Leu Lys Pro Gln 160 165 170 gac atg ttt gtg gag tcc atg ttc tct ctg gct gac aag gat ggc aat 998 Asp Met Phe Val Glu Ser Met Phe Ser Leu Ala Asp Lys Asp Gly Asn 175 180 185 ggc tac ctg tcc ttc cga gag ttc ctg gac atc ctg gtg gtc ttc atg 1046 Gly Tyr Leu Ser Phe Arg Glu Phe Leu Asp Ile Leu Val Val Phe Met 190 195 200 aaa ggc tcc cca gag gat aag tcc cgt cta atg ttt acc atg tat gac 1094 Lys Gly Ser Pro Glu Asp Lys Ser Arg Leu Met Phe Thr Met Tyr Asp 205 210 215 ctg gat gag aat ggc ttc ctc tcc aag gac gaa ttc ttc acc atg atg 1142 Leu Asp Glu Asn Gly Phe Leu Ser Lys Asp Glu Phe Phe Thr Met Met 220 225 230 235 cga tcc ttc atc gag atc tcc aac aac tgc ctg tcc aag gcc cag ctg 1190 Arg Ser Phe Ile Glu Ile Ser Asn Asn Cys Leu Ser Lys Ala Gln Leu 240 245 250 gcc gag gtg gtg gag tct atg ttc cgg gag tcg gga ttc cag gac aag 1238 Ala Glu Val Val Glu Ser Met Phe Arg Glu Ser Gly Phe Gln Asp Lys 255 260 265 gag gag ctg aca tgg gag gat ttt cac ttc atg ctg cgg gac cat gac 1286 Glu Glu Leu Thr Trp Glu Asp Phe His Phe Met Leu Arg Asp His Asp 270 275 280 agc gag ctc cgc ttc acg cag ctc tgt gtc aaa ggt gga ggt gga ggt 1334 Ser Glu Leu Arg Phe Thr Gln Leu Cys Val Lys Gly Gly Gly Gly Gly 285 290 295 gga aat ggt att aga gat atc ttt aaa caa aac atc agc tgt cga gtc 1382 Gly Asn Gly Ile Arg Asp Ile Phe Lys Gln Asn Ile Ser Cys Arg Val 300 305 310 315 tcg ttc atc act cgg aca cct ggg gag cgc tcc cac ccc cag gga ctg 1430 Ser Phe Ile Thr Arg Thr Pro Gly Glu Arg Ser His Pro Gln Gly Leu 320 325 330 ggg ccc cct gtc cca gaa gcc cca gag ctg gga ggc cct gga ctg aag 1478 Gly Pro Pro Val Pro Glu Ala Pro Glu Leu Gly Gly Pro Gly Leu Lys 335 340 345 aag agg ttt ggc aaa aag gca gca gtg ccc act ccc cgg ctg tac aca 1526 Lys Arg Phe Gly Lys Lys Ala Ala Val Pro Thr Pro Arg Leu Tyr Thr 350 355 360 gag gcg ctg caa gag aag atg cag cga ggc ttc cta gcc caa aag ctg 1574 Glu Ala Leu Gln Glu Lys Met Gln Arg Gly Phe Leu Ala Gln Lys Leu 365 370 375 cag cag tac aag cgc ttc gtg gag aac tac cgg agg cac atc gtg tgt 1622 Gln Gln Tyr Lys Arg Phe Val Glu Asn Tyr Arg Arg His Ile Val Cys 380 385 390 395 gtg gca atc ttc tcg gcc atc tgt gtt ggc gtg ttt gca gat cgt gct 1670 Val Ala Ile Phe Ser Ala Ile Cys Val Gly Val Phe Ala Asp Arg Ala 400 405 410 tac tac tat ggc ttt gcc ttg cca ccc tcg gac att gca cag acc acc 1718 Tyr Tyr Tyr Gly Phe Ala Leu Pro Pro Ser Asp Ile Ala Gln Thr Thr 415 420 425 ctc gtg ggc atc atc ctg tca cga ggc acg gcg gcc agc gtc tcc ttc 1766 Leu Val Gly Ile Ile Leu Ser Arg Gly Thr Ala Ala Ser Val Ser Phe 430 435 440 atg ttc tct tat atc ttg ctc acc atg tgc cgc aac ctc ata acc ttc 1814 Met Phe Ser Tyr Ile Leu Leu Thr Met Cys Arg Asn Leu Ile Thr Phe 445 450 455 ctg cga gag act ttc ctc aac cgc tat gtg cct ttt gat gcc gca gtg 1862 Leu Arg Glu Thr Phe Leu Asn Arg Tyr Val Pro Phe Asp Ala Ala Val 460 465 470 475 gac ttc cac cgc tgg atc gcc atg gct gct gtt gtc ctg gcc att ttg 1910 Asp Phe His Arg Trp Ile Ala Met Ala Ala Val Val Leu Ala Ile Leu 480 485 490 cac agt gct ggc cac gca gtc aat gtc tac atc ttc tca gtc agc cca 1958 His Ser Ala Gly His Ala Val Asn Val Tyr Ile Phe Ser Val Ser Pro 495 500 505 ctc agc ctg ctg gcc tgc ata ttc ccc aac gtc ttt gtg aat gat ggg 2006 Leu Ser Leu Leu Ala Cys Ile Phe Pro Asn Val Phe Val Asn Asp Gly 510 515 520 tcc aag ctt ccc cag aag ttc tat tgg tgg ttc ttc cag acc gtc cca 2054 Ser Lys Leu Pro Gln Lys Phe Tyr Trp Trp Phe Phe Gln Thr Val Pro 525 530 535 ggt atg aca ggt gtg ctt ctg ctc ctg gtc ctg gcc atc atg tat gtc 2102 Gly Met Thr Gly Val Leu Leu Leu Leu Val Leu Ala Ile Met Tyr Val 540 545 550 555 ttc gcc tcc cac cac ttc cgc cgc cgc agc ttc cgg ggc ttc tgg ctg 2150 Phe Ala Ser His His Phe Arg Arg Arg Ser Phe Arg Gly Phe Trp Leu 560 565 570 acc cac cac ctc tac atc ctg ctc tat gcc ctg ctc atc atc cat ggc 2198 Thr His His Leu Tyr Ile Leu Leu Tyr Ala Leu Leu Ile Ile His Gly 575 580 585 agc tat gct ctg atc cag ctg ccc act ttc cac atc tac ttc ctg gtc 2246 Ser Tyr Ala Leu Ile Gln Leu Pro Thr Phe His Ile Tyr Phe Leu Val 590 595 600 ccg gca atc atc tat gga ggt gac aag ctg gtg agc ctg agc cgg aag 2294 Pro Ala Ile Ile Tyr Gly Gly Asp Lys Leu Val Ser Leu Ser Arg Lys 605 610 615 aag gtg gag atc agc gtg gtg aag gcg gag ctg ctg ccc tca gga gtg 2342 Lys Val Glu Ile Ser Val Val Lys Ala Glu Leu Leu Pro Ser Gly Val 620 625 630 635 acc tac ctg caa ttc cag agg ccc caa ggc ttt gag tac aag tca gga 2390 Thr Tyr Leu Gln Phe Gln Arg Pro Gln Gly Phe Glu Tyr Lys Ser Gly 640 645 650 cag tgg gtg cgg atc gcc tgc ctg gct ctg ggg acc acc gag tac cac 2438 Gln Trp Val Arg Ile Ala Cys Leu Ala Leu Gly Thr Thr Glu Tyr His 655 660 665 ccc ttc aca ctg acc tcc gcg ccc cat gag gac aca ctc agc ctg cac 2486 Pro Phe Thr Leu Thr Ser Ala Pro His Glu Asp Thr Leu Ser Leu His 670 675 680 atc cgg gca gtg ggg ccc tgg acc act cgc ctc agg gag atc tac tca 2534 Ile Arg Ala Val Gly Pro Trp Thr Thr Arg Leu Arg Glu Ile Tyr Ser 685 690 695 tcc cca aag ggc aat ggc tgt gct gga tac cca aag ctg tac ctt gat 2582 Ser Pro Lys Gly Asn Gly Cys Ala Gly Tyr Pro Lys Leu Tyr Leu Asp 700 705 710 715 gga ccg ttt gga gag ggc cat cag gag tgg cat aaa ttt gag gtg tca 2630 Gly Pro Phe Gly Glu Gly His Gln Glu Trp His Lys Phe Glu Val Ser 720 725 730 gtg ttg gtg gga ggg ggc att ggg gtc acc ccc ttt gcc tcc atc ctc 2678 Val Leu Val Gly Gly Gly Ile Gly Val Thr Pro Phe Ala Ser Ile Leu 735 740 745 aaa gac ctg gtc ttc aag tca tcc ttg ggc agc caa atg ctg tgt aag 2726 Lys Asp Leu Val Phe Lys Ser Ser Leu Gly Ser Gln Met Leu Cys Lys 750 755 760 aag atc tac ttc atc tgg gtg aca cgg acc cag cgt cag ttt gag tgg 2774 Lys Ile Tyr Phe Ile Trp Val Thr Arg Thr Gln Arg Gln Phe Glu Trp 765 770 775 ctg gct gac atc atc caa gag gtg gag gag aac gac cac cag gac ctg 2822 Leu Ala Asp Ile Ile Gln Glu Val Glu Glu Asn Asp His Gln Asp Leu 780 785 790 795 gtg tct gtg cac att tat gtc acc cag ctg gct gag aag ttc gac ctc 2870 Val Ser Val His Ile Tyr Val Thr Gln Leu Ala Glu Lys Phe Asp Leu 800 805 810 agg acc acc atg cta tac atc tgc gag cgg cac ttc cag aaa gtg ctg 2918 Arg Thr Thr Met Leu Tyr Ile Cys Glu Arg His Phe Gln Lys Val Leu 815 820 825 aac cgg agt ctg ttc acg ggc ctg cgc tcc atc acc cac ttt ggc cgt 2966 Asn Arg Ser Leu Phe Thr Gly Leu Arg Ser Ile Thr His Phe Gly Arg 830 835 840 ccc ccc ttc gag ccc ttc ttc aac tcc ctg cag gag gtc cac cca cag 3014 Pro Pro Phe Glu Pro Phe Phe Asn Ser Leu Gln Glu Val His Pro Gln 845 850 855 gtg cgc aag atc ggg gtg ttc agc tgc ggc cct cca gga atg acc aag 3062 Val Arg Lys Ile Gly Val Phe Ser Cys Gly Pro Pro Gly Met Thr Lys 860 865 870 875 aat gta gag aag gcc tgt cag ctc gtc aac agg cag gac cga gcc cac 3110 Asn Val Glu Lys Ala Cys Gln Leu Val Asn Arg Gln Asp Arg Ala His 880 885 890 ttc atg cac cac tat gag aac ttc tgagcctgtc ctccctggct gctgcttcca 3164 Phe Met His His Tyr Glu Asn Phe 895 gtatcctgcc ttctcttctg tgcacctaag ttgcccagcc ctgctggcaa tctctccatc 3224 agaatccacc ttaggcctca gctggagggc tgcagagccc ctcccaatat tgggagaata 3284 ttgacccaga caattataca aatgagaaaa ggcattaaaa tttacgtttc tgatgatggc 3344 aaagctcatt tttctattag taactctgct gaagatccat ttattgcaat tcatgctgaa 3404 tctaaattgt aaaatttaaa attaaatgca tgtcctcaaa aaaaaaaaa 3453 48 899 PRT Homo sapiens 48 Met Glu Trp Pro Gly Pro Lys Glu Arg Ser Ser Pro Ile Ile Ile Gln 1 5 10 15 Leu Leu Ser Asp Arg Cys Leu Gln Val Leu Asn Arg His Leu Thr Val 20 25 30 Leu Arg Val Val Gln Leu Gln Pro Leu Gln Gln Val Asn Leu Ile Leu 35 40 45 Ser Asn Asn Arg Gly Cys Arg Thr Leu Leu Leu Lys Ile Pro Lys Glu 50 55 60 Tyr Asp Leu Val Leu Leu Phe Ser Ser Glu Glu Glu Arg Gly Ala Phe 65 70 75 80 Val Gln Gln Leu Trp Asp Phe Cys Val Arg Trp Ala Leu Gly Leu His 85 90 95 Val Ala Glu Met Ser Glu Lys Glu Leu Phe Arg Lys Ala Val Thr Lys 100 105 110 Gln Gln Arg Glu Arg Ile Leu Glu Ile Phe Phe Arg His Leu Phe Ala 115 120 125 Gln Val Leu Asp Ile Asn Gln Ala Asp Ala Gly Thr Leu Pro Leu Asp 130 135 140 Ser Ser Gln Lys Val Arg Glu Ala Leu Thr Cys Glu Leu Ser Arg Ala 145 150 155 160 Glu Phe Ala Glu Ser Leu Gly Leu Lys Pro Gln Asp Met Phe Val Glu 165 170 175 Ser Met Phe Ser Leu Ala Asp Lys Asp Gly Asn Gly Tyr Leu Ser Phe 180 185 190 Arg Glu Phe Leu Asp Ile Leu Val Val Phe Met Lys Gly Ser Pro Glu 195 200 205 Asp Lys Ser Arg Leu Met Phe Thr Met Tyr Asp Leu Asp Glu Asn Gly 210 215 220 Phe Leu Ser Lys Asp Glu Phe Phe Thr Met Met Arg Ser Phe Ile Glu 225 230 235 240 Ile Ser Asn Asn Cys Leu Ser Lys Ala Gln Leu Ala Glu Val Val Glu 245 250 255 Ser Met Phe Arg Glu Ser Gly Phe Gln Asp Lys Glu Glu Leu Thr Trp 260 265 270 Glu Asp Phe His Phe Met Leu Arg Asp His Asp Ser Glu Leu Arg Phe 275 280 285 Thr Gln Leu Cys Val Lys Gly Gly Gly Gly Gly Gly Asn Gly Ile Arg 290 295 300 Asp Ile Phe Lys Gln Asn Ile Ser Cys Arg Val Ser Phe Ile Thr Arg 305 310 315 320 Thr Pro Gly Glu Arg Ser His Pro Gln Gly Leu Gly Pro Pro Val Pro 325 330 335 Glu Ala Pro Glu Leu Gly Gly Pro Gly Leu Lys Lys Arg Phe Gly Lys 340 345 350 Lys Ala Ala Val Pro Thr Pro Arg Leu Tyr Thr Glu Ala Leu Gln Glu 355 360 365 Lys Met Gln Arg Gly Phe Leu Ala Gln Lys Leu Gln Gln Tyr Lys Arg 370 375 380 Phe Val Glu Asn Tyr Arg Arg His Ile Val Cys Val Ala Ile Phe Ser 385 390 395 400 Ala Ile Cys Val Gly Val Phe Ala Asp Arg Ala Tyr Tyr Tyr Gly Phe 405 410 415 Ala Leu Pro Pro Ser Asp Ile Ala Gln Thr Thr Leu Val Gly Ile Ile 420 425 430 Leu Ser Arg Gly Thr Ala Ala Ser Val Ser Phe Met Phe Ser Tyr Ile 435 440 445 Leu Leu Thr Met Cys Arg Asn Leu Ile Thr Phe Leu Arg Glu Thr Phe 450 455 460 Leu Asn Arg Tyr Val Pro Phe Asp Ala Ala Val Asp Phe His Arg Trp 465 470 475 480 Ile Ala Met Ala Ala Val Val Leu Ala Ile Leu His Ser Ala Gly His 485 490 495 Ala Val Asn Val Tyr Ile Phe Ser Val Ser Pro Leu Ser Leu Leu Ala 500 505 510 Cys Ile Phe Pro Asn Val Phe Val Asn Asp Gly Ser Lys Leu Pro Gln 515 520 525 Lys Phe Tyr Trp Trp Phe Phe Gln Thr Val Pro Gly Met Thr Gly Val 530 535 540 Leu Leu Leu Leu Val Leu Ala Ile Met Tyr Val Phe Ala Ser His His 545 550 555 560 Phe Arg Arg Arg Ser Phe Arg Gly Phe Trp Leu Thr His His Leu Tyr 565 570 575 Ile Leu Leu Tyr Ala Leu Leu Ile Ile His Gly Ser Tyr Ala Leu Ile 580 585 590 Gln Leu Pro Thr Phe His Ile Tyr Phe Leu Val Pro Ala Ile Ile Tyr 595 600 605 Gly Gly Asp Lys Leu Val Ser Leu Ser Arg Lys Lys Val Glu Ile Ser 610 615 620 Val Val Lys Ala Glu Leu Leu Pro Ser Gly Val Thr Tyr Leu Gln Phe 625 630 635 640 Gln Arg Pro Gln Gly Phe Glu Tyr Lys Ser Gly Gln Trp Val Arg Ile 645 650 655 Ala Cys Leu Ala Leu Gly Thr Thr Glu Tyr His Pro Phe Thr Leu Thr 660 665 670 Ser Ala Pro His Glu Asp Thr Leu Ser Leu His Ile Arg Ala Val Gly 675 680 685 Pro Trp Thr Thr Arg Leu Arg Glu Ile Tyr Ser Ser Pro Lys Gly Asn 690 695 700 Gly Cys Ala Gly Tyr Pro Lys Leu Tyr Leu Asp Gly Pro Phe Gly Glu 705 710 715 720 Gly His Gln Glu Trp His Lys Phe Glu Val Ser Val Leu Val Gly Gly 725 730 735 Gly Ile Gly Val Thr Pro Phe Ala Ser Ile Leu Lys Asp Leu Val Phe 740 745 750 Lys Ser Ser Leu Gly Ser Gln Met Leu Cys Lys Lys Ile Tyr Phe Ile 755 760 765 Trp Val Thr Arg Thr Gln Arg Gln Phe Glu Trp Leu Ala Asp Ile Ile 770 775 780 Gln Glu Val Glu Glu Asn Asp His Gln Asp Leu Val Ser Val His Ile 785 790 795 800 Tyr Val Thr Gln Leu Ala Glu Lys Phe Asp Leu Arg Thr Thr Met Leu 805 810 815 Tyr Ile Cys Glu Arg His Phe Gln Lys Val Leu Asn Arg Ser Leu Phe 820 825 830 Thr Gly Leu Arg Ser Ile Thr His Phe Gly Arg Pro Pro Phe Glu Pro 835 840 845 Phe Phe Asn Ser Leu Gln Glu Val His Pro Gln Val Arg Lys Ile Gly 850 855 860 Val Phe Ser Cys Gly Pro Pro Gly Met Thr Lys Asn Val Glu Lys Ala 865 870 875 880 Cys Gln Leu Val Asn Arg Gln Asp Arg Ala His Phe Met His His Tyr 885 890 895 Glu Asn Phe 49 26 DNA Artificial Sequence Description of Artificial Sequence Primer 49 cctgacagat gtatttcact acccag 26 50 24 DNA Artificial Sequence Description of Artificial Sequence Primer 50 ggatcggagt cactcccttc gctg 24 51 26 DNA Artificial Sequence Description of Artificial Sequence Primer 51 ctagaagctc tccttgttgt aataga 26 52 24 DNA Artificial Sequence Description of Artificial Sequence Primer 52 atgaacacct ctggggtcag ctga 24 53 24 DNA Artificial Sequence Description of Artificial Sequence Primer 53 atgaacacct ctggggtcag ctga 24 54 25 DNA Artificial Sequence Description of Artificial Sequence Primer 54 gtcctctgca gcattgttcc tctta 25 55 26 DNA Artificial Sequence Description of Artificial Sequence Primer 55 cctgacagat gtatttcact acccag 26 56 24 DNA Artificial Sequence Description of Artificial Sequence Primer 56 ggatcggagt cactcccttc gctg 24 57 25 DNA Artificial Sequence Description of Artificial Sequence Primer 57 aatgacactg tactggaggc cacag 25 58 24 DNA Artificial Sequence Description of Artificial Sequence Primer 58 ctgccatcta ccacacggat ctgc 24 59 24 DNA Artificial Sequence Description of Artificial Sequence Primer 59 cttgccattc caaagcttcc atgc 24 60 24 DNA Artificial Sequence Description of Artificial Sequence Primer 60 gtacaagtca ggacagtggg tgcg 24 61 24 DNA Artificial Sequence Description of Artificial Sequence Primer 61 tggatgatgt cagccagcca ctca 24 

1. A protein capable of stimulating superoxide production, wherein the protein comprises mox or duox, a fragment thereof or a conservative substitution thereof.
 2. The protein of claim 1, wherein the protein comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2, a fragment thereof, or a conservative substitution thereof.
 3. The protein of claim 1, wherein the protein comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4, a fragment thereof, or a conservative substitution thereof.
 4. The protein of claim 1, wherein the protein comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 21, a fragment thereof, or a conservative substitution thereof.
 5. The protein of claim 1, wherein the protein comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 42, a fragment thereof, or a conservative substitution thereof.
 6. The protein of claim 1, wherein the protein comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 46, a fragment thereof, or a conservative substitution thereof.
 7. The protein of claim 1, wherein the protein comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 48, a fragment thereof, or a conservative substitution thereof.
 8. A nucleotide sequence encoding for the protein, the fragment thereof or the conservative substitution thereof as recited in claim
 1. 9. The nucleotide sequence of claim 8, wherein the nucleotide sequence comprises SEQ ID NO: 1, a fragment thereof, or a conservative substitution thereof.
 10. The nucleotide sequence of claim 8, wherein the nucleotide sequence comprises SEQ ID NO: 3, a fragment thereof, or a conservative substitution thereof.
 11. The nucleotide sequence of claim 8, wherein the nucleotide sequence comprises SEQ ID NO: 22, a fragment thereof, or a conservative substitution thereof.
 12. The nucleotide sequence of claim 8, wherein the nucleotide sequence comprises SEQ ID NO: 41, a fragment thereof, or a conservative substitution thereof.
 13. The nucleotide sequence of claim 8, wherein the nucleotide sequence comprises SEQ ID NO: 45, a fragment thereof, or a conservative substitution thereof.
 14. The nucleotide sequence of claim 8, wherein the nucleotide sequence comprises SEQ ID NO: 47, a fragment thereof, or a conservative substitution thereof.
 15. A vector, wherein the vector comprises a nucleotide sequence encoding for the protein, the fragment thereof or the conservative substitution thereof, as recited in claim
 1. 16. The vector of claim 15 wherein the nucleotide sequence comprises SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 3, SEQ ID NO: 22, SEQ ID NO: 41, SEQ ID NO: 45, or SEQ ID NO: 47, a fragment thereof, or a conservative substitution thereof.
 17. A cell containing the vector of claim
 15. 18. A cell containing the vector of claim
 16. 19. An antibody, wherein the antibody is capable of binding to the protein, the fragment thereof, or the conservative substitution thereof, as recited in claim
 1. 20. The antibody of claim 19, wherein the protein, the fragment thereof, or the conservative substitution thereof, has the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 21, SEQ ID NO: 42, SEQ ID NO: 46, or SEQ ID NO: 48, a fragment thereof, or a conservative substitution thereof.
 21. A method of stimulating superoxide formation comprising administration, in vitro or in vivo, of a composition comprising the protein, the fragment thereof, or the conservative substitution thereof of claim 1 in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
 22. The method of claim 21, wherein the protein, the fragment thereof, or the conservative substitution thereof, comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 21, SEQ ID NO: 42, SEQ ID NO: 46, or SEQ ID NO: 48, a fragment thereof, or a conservative substitution thereof.
 23. A method of stimulating superoxide formation comprising administration, in vitro or in vivo, of a composition comprising the vector of claim 15 in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
 24. A method of stimulating superoxide formation comprising administration, in vitro or in vivo, of a composition comprising the vector of claim 16 in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
 25. A method for determining the activity of a drug comprising measuring the activity of the protein, the fragment thereof or the conservative substitution thereof, as recited in claim 1, to stimulate superoxide production following administration of the drug.
 26. The method of claim 25, wherein the protein, the fragment thereof or the conservative substitution thereof comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 21,.SEQ ID NO: 42, SEQ ID NO: 46, or SEQ ID NO: 48, a fragment thereof, or a conservative substitution thereof. 